Download or read book The Confession of a Child of the Century written by Alfred de Musset and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Napoleonic Wars are over. Octave, a young Parisian, loves his mistress Elise - until he witnesses her being unfaithful. In despair, he descends into decadence and libertinism. However, the death of his father takes Octave to the countryside where he falls in love with Brigitte, a young widow who spends most of her time caring for others. At first, Brigitte tries to resist his advances, but eventually they become lovers. Octave, however, is quickly overcome by suspicion. Will Brigitte remain true to him? Doesn't every woman betray her lover sooner or later?

Download or read book Confession of a Child of the Century written by Alfred de Musset and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Napoleon written by and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte written by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Napoleon s Library written by Louis N Sarkozy and published by Frontline Books. This book was released on 2024-07-30 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book will surprise readers with the literary depths of Napoleon Bonaparte, exploring the enigmatic emperor's intimate relationship with books and history, going far beyond his more militaristic and imperial fame. Napoleon Bonaparte held absolute political power in France and his influence stretched across Europe and beyond. Yet he remained – between leading his armies and ruling over a vast empire – an indefatigable reader who even carried libraries into battle. Bonaparte’s love of the written word, birthed in childhood and nurtured as an adolescent and young adult, never left him. He was a lover of literature for its own sake – often swooning over melodramatic love stories – but he also understood the value of books as instruments of power. Before his campaigns, he poured over dozens of texts relating to the relevant theaters’ geography, population, trade, and history. When contemplating grave decisions, such as his divorce to Empress Josephine, he consulted the historical record for useful precedents to justify and inform his actions. To bolster his troop’s morale during challenging times, he constantly referenced history in his proclamations, making his contemporaries feel as if they were actively shaping history. They were. The library of an individual is the key to his mind. Behind the grandiose paintings of the victorious conqueror and the constructions of the propagandist, stands the reader. This book is an attempt to glimpse Napoleon’s character without the veneer of imperial glory. What was he like, alone at night by his fireplace? What thoughts percolated in the mind of the ambitious 20-year-old, isolated in a little room while theorizing about man’s happiness? Who are the literary and historical figures which can claim to have had impacted his life? Who were his favorite authors? Through this book the reader will embark on a literary promenade with the great general and statemen. In these pages are found the emperor’s favorite authors. And with them, the key to understanding his mind.

Download or read book Narration The confession of a child of the century done into English by K Warren illustrations by P L Jazet H Pille written by Alfred de Musset and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An Unknown Son of Napoleon written by Hector Fleischmann and published by New York : J. Lane. This book was released on 1914 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Age of Napoleon written by Will Durant and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 1063 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Civilization, Volume XI: A history of European civilization from 1789 to 1815. This is the eleventh and final volume of the classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning series.

Download or read book The Confession of a Child of the Century Complete written by Alfred de Musset and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is titled "La Confession d'un enfant du siècle" (The Confession of a Child of the Century) and is considered a classic of French Romantic literature. Alfred de Musset was a French poet, playwright, and novelist who was part of the Romantic movement in France. The novel tells the story of a young man named Octave who is devastated by his lover's infidelity and his father's death. The novel reflects the author's own experiences with love and heartbreak, and provides a glimpse into the social and cultural milieu of Paris in the early 19th century. The book is noted for its lyrical prose and its exploration of themes such as love, loss, and the search for meaning in life.

Download or read book Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Translated Chiefly from the French of L A Fauvelet de Bourrienne With an Introductory Essay by Dr Channing written by Louis Antoine FAUVELET DE BOURRIENNE and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 964 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memoirs to Serve for the History of Napoleon I from 1802 to 1815 written by Claude François baron de Méneval and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte With a Continuation Embracing an Account of the Hundred Days and of His Residence and Death at St Helena and Many Illustrative Notes and Anecdotes from Authentic Sources written by Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 916 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook for Fictitious Names written by Ralph Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Corsican A Diary of Napoleon s Life in His Own Words written by Napoleon I Emperor of the French and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Napoleon, died on the lonely island of St Helena in 1821, his life, his actions and thoughts have been written about, re-written and revised ever since. It is noticeable that Napoleon himself never left much in the way of works written by himself to record what he did or how he went about it, or to justify his methods or outline his plans. The works that emanated from St Helena, such as the Memorial, were written by those that shared his captivity and for their own purposes. That having been said Napoleon lived in a time without modern communication methods, leaving his vast empire to be run via the pen. Much that Napoleon wrote survived as a measure of this the official correspondence that he left behind is voluminous, running to 32 volumes in the initial edition published under the orders of Napoleon III, many other volumes were published thereafter. From this vast treasure-trove of information about the thoughts, actions and orders that Napoleon left, the American historian Robert Johnson reconstructed his book “The Corsican”. The premise behind the books was to create a diary from Napoleon’s own works and utterances as if it has been written contemporaneously by the Emperor himself. The result is an intriguing book which is faithful to the words of it’s purported owner and includes the shifting themes of his life and his hopes and fears clearly. Fascinating reading. Author – Napoleon I – Emperor of the French 1769-1821 Editor – Robert Matteson Johnson 1867-1920

Download or read book Napoleon Against Himself written by Avner Falk and published by Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA). This book was released on 2015-08-01 with total page 651 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although Napoleon Bonaparte has been a favorite subject of biographers for nearly two centuries, to date no full-scale psychobiography of arguably the most compelling, fascinating, and complex leader in world history has ever been published. With Napoleon Against Himself, internationally recognized scholar Avner Falk fills this void. He not only considers Napoleon's intellect but also what use he made of it, how it affected his emotional life, and whether he used intellectualization as one of his unconscious defensive processes. Additionally, he examines Napoleon's ambivalent relationship with his mother, his identification with the &“Motherland,&” and his fits of narcissistic rage, violence, and aggression. Specifically, Falk focuses on his numerous irrational, self-defeating, and self-destructive actions. In weaving in the psychological interpretations that have previously been proposed for Napoleon's actions with his own new insights, Falk has created a most stimulating and original work that sheds much needed light on Napoleon's troubled inner world.

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Download or read book The Story life of Napoleon written by Wayne Whipple and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: