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These letters are selected from JM Thompsons book published by BBO in 1934 It also includes a page on autographs of Napoleon Not all the Napoleons letters are a self revealing kind In youth he had few confidents in middle age he had little to confide In the stress of business and war he soon shed the idealism of a patriot the fatalism of the revolutionary and the romanticism of the lovers- Any sense he had of the beauty the pathos and humour of life was coarsened by flattery and success You will notice all this and more while reading this book He declares exhorts abuses persuades even charms but always in the interest of policy and to gain an end He is wise clear-sighted eloquent heroic but hardly ever a human being in repose Yet you will see these letters of Napolean remain by far his finest portrait 198 pp.…

Hardcover. Condizione: New. Contents: Preface. 1. The Station and District in 1857. 2. Before the Storm. 3. The First Boat Journey. 4. The Outbreak. 5. The Siege. 6. The Second Boat Journey. 7. The Parade Ground Massacre. 8. The Survivors. 9. The Re-Occupation. This will make the book innovative, interesting and valuable for both general readers as well as specialists. They will be able to better understand, enjoy, examine and analyse the topic and draw their own conclusions on the subject. The purpose is a humble attempt to promote and also encourage the objective, scientific, unbiased, wholistic and healthy trend in our fast developing publishing world.(jacket). …

N.A. Condizione: New. ISBN:9788183690164.