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Lädt ... Napoleon: A Life Told in Gardens and Shadowsvon Ruth Scurr
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. I find historical accounts far more interesting when they move beyond dates and battles and rulers. Although this book does focus on one ruler and does discuss all his battles, it also provides a more rounded picture of the man by discussing his gardens. As a result, we learn a little about his childhood, education, and his place in an age of discovery. Napoleon takes scientists, naturalists, and artists along with him to Italy and Egypt and brings home vast collections of plants, artworks, and the like. His interest in gardening is partially driven by his interest in new discoveries of the natural world, but it is also part of his drive to conquer, whether it be other countries or nature. He has an insatiable urge for new palaces and gardens as concrete symbols of his achievements. ( ) keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"Published on the 200th anniversary of his death, Napoleon is an unprecedented portrait of the emperor seen through his engagement with the natural world. One of the greatest generals in history, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) has for centuries attracted great male writers, who invariably identify with him. Ruth Scurr rejects the shibboleth of the "Great Man" theory of history, instead following the dramatic trajectory of Napoleon's life through gardens, parks, and forests, not through his battlefields. Scurr, one of our most eloquent and admired historians, frames the general's life through the green spaces he created and the diverse cast of scientists, architects, family members, and gardeners who stood in the shadows of his meteoric rise and fall. His dealings with these people offer unguarded and unusual opportunities to see how Napoleon grafted the worst corruption of the Ancien Régime into a new French Empire. From his humble Corsican beginnings to his canny seizure of power after the French Revolution to his exile on the island of St. Helena, Napoleon, with stunning illustrations throughout, is a work of revelatory range and depth, setting a new standard in biography"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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