Book Review: Philip Dwyer's Napoleon: The path to power 1769-1799 (London: Bloomsbury; 2007, pp. 480. Price GBP₤20 hb.).

A. Webster

doi:10.2104/ha080022

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Book Review: Philip Dwyer's Napoleon: The path to power 1769-1799 (London: Bloomsbury; 2007, pp. 480. Price GBP₤20 hb.).

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Book Review: Philip Dwyer's Napoleon: The path to power 1769-1799 (London: Bloomsbury; 2007, pp. 480. Price GBP₤20 hb.).

A. Webster

History Australia, Vol.5(1), pp.22.1-22.3

2008

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2104/ha080022

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Abstract

Was it circumstances, or was it him? It is the inevitable question when one considers the career of the young Napoleon Bonaparte and his extraordinary rise to power amidst the tumult of revolutionary France. How did he come so far, so fast? Philip Dwyer’s engrossing study, Napoleon: The Path to Power, 1769–1799, the first instalment of his two-volume biography, provides a thoughtful and ultimately convincing answer...

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Title: Book Review: Philip Dwyer's Napoleon: The path to power 1769-1799 (London: Bloomsbury; 2007, pp. 480. Price GBP₤20 hb.).
Authors/Creators: A. Webster (Author/Creator)
Publication Details: History Australia, Vol.5(1), pp.22.1-22.3
Publisher: Australian History Association
Identifiers: 991005540177207891
Murdoch Affiliation: School of Social Sciences and Humanities
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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