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The Age of Napoleon

Alistair Horne

Alistair Horne begins his absorbing account by examining Napoleon's rise to prominence against the background of the French Revolution. He describes Napoleon's brilliance as a general and strategist, culminating in the Battle of Austerlitz, one of the greatest military campaigns of all times. He goes on to discuss the cultural achievements of the Napoleonic era both in France and abroad before charting Napoleon's downfall and his bitter defeat at Waterloo in 1815. The book ends with a discussion of Napoleon's legacy and the myths that have sprung up around this most controversial of French leaders. Horne's book is popular history at its very best ' a gripping narrative, enriched by fascinating anecdotes, told by one of the world's leading authorities on the subject.

  • Classification : History
  • Pub Date : JAN 1, 2007
  • Imprint : Orion
  • Page Extent : 192
  • Binding : PB
  • ISBN : 9780753818626
  • Price : INR 575
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Alistair Horne

Alistair Horne was educated at Le Rosey Switzerland and Jesus College Cambridge. He ended his war service with the rank of Captain in the Coldstream Guards attached to MI5 in the Middle East. From 1952 to 1955 he worked as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Telegraph. In 1969 he founded the Alistair Horne research fellowship in modern history St Antony's Oxford. His numerous books on history and politics have been translated into over ten languages he was awarded the Hawthornden prize (for THE PRICE OF GLORY) and the Wolfson prize (for A SAVAGE WAR OF PEACE). In 1992 he was awarded the CBE; in 1993 he received the French Légion d'Honneur for his work on French history and a Litt.D. from Cambridge University. He was knighted in 2003 for services to Franco-British relations.

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