02465cam a2200337 i 4500 596185825 TxAuBib 20220926120000.0 220818s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022026059 9781639361779 HRD 39.95 1639361774 HRD 39.95 (OCoLC)1341339416 TxAuBib rda Broers, Michael, author. Napoleon [BOOK] : the decline and fall of an empire : 1811-1821 / Michael Broers. First Pegasus Books hardcover edition. New York : Pegasus Books, 2022. xxxii, 735 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 653-723) and index. In 1811, Napoleon stood at his zenith. He had defeated all his continental rivals, come to an entente with Russia, and his blockade of Britain seemed, at long last, to be a success. The emperor had an heir on the way with his new wife, Marie-Louise, the young daughter of the Emperor of Austria. His personal life, too, was calm and secure for the first time in many years. It was a moment of unprecedented peace and hope, built on the foundations of emphatic military victories. But in less than two years, all of this was in peril. In four years, it was gone, swept away by the tides of war against the most powerful alliance in European history. The rest of his life was passed on a barren island. Napoleon: The Decline and Fall of an Empire traces this story through the dramatic narrative of the years 1811-1821 and explores the ever-bloodier conflicts, the disintegration and reforging of the bonds among the Bonaparte family, and the serpentine diplomacy that shaped the fate of Europe. At the heart of the story is Napoleon’s own sense of history, the tensions in his own character, and the shared vision of a family dynasty to rule Europe. Provided by publisher. 20220926. Napoleon I Emperor of the French 1769-1821. France Kings and rulers Biography. France History Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815. France History Restoration, 1814-1830. Biographies.