| Uniform title | Bonaparte. English |
| Contents |
Part I. Napoleon and Corsica: 1769-1793. An Italian family in Corsica ; A French upbringing ; The French officer and the Corsican patriot ; The revolutionary of Ajaccio ; Lost illusions -- Part II. Entry on stage : 1793-1796. Toulon ; In search of a future ; Happiness -- Part III. The Italian Campaign : 1796-1797. That beautiful Italy ; An Italian policy? ; On the road to Vienna ; Mombello ; Saving the Directory ; Campoformio ; Parisian interlude -- Part IV. The Egyptian Expedition : 1798-1799. The road to the Indies ; The conquest of the Nile ; Governing Egypt ; Jaffa ; The return from the orient -- Part V. Crossing the Rubicon : 1799. The conspiracy ; Brumaire -- Part VI. A king for the revolution : 1799-1802. First Consul ; First steps ; From the Tuileries to Marengo ; Works and days ; The turning point of 1801 ; Peace with the church ; The top of the ladder. |
| Abstract |
Gueniffey follows Bonaparte from his obscure boyhood in Corsica, to his meteoric rise during the Italian and Egyptian campaigns of the Revolutionary wars, to his proclamation as Consul for Life in 1802. Bonaparte is the story of how Napoleon became Napoleon. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Language | Translated from the French. |
| LCCN | 2014034162 |
| ISBN | 9780674368354 alkaline paper |
| ISBN | 0674368355 alkaline paper |
| Standard identifier# |
40024773830 |
