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Publisher
Gale
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Access is provided to Deerfield Public Library cardholders through Gale eResources. Click the link to access full-text information about this topic from the news, magazines, academic journals, primary sources and trustworthy websites. May also include videos, images and audio.
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War and the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
x, 496 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color), genealogical table ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A breakout biography of Louis-Napoleon III, whose controversial achievements have polarized historians. Considered one of the pre-eminent Napoleon Bonaparte experts, Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian Alan Strauss-Schom has turned his sights on another in that dynasty, Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon) overshadowed for too long by his more romanticized forebear. In the first full biography of Napoleon III by an American historian, Strauss-Schom uses...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Written with great energy and authority--and using the newly available personal archives of Napoleon himself--the first volume of a majestic two-part biography of the great French emperor and conqueror. All previous lives of Napoleon have relied more on the memoirs of others than on his own uncensored words. This is the first life of Napoleon, in any language, that makes full use of his newly released personal correspondence compiled by the Napoléon...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
108 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the military genius who crowned himself Emperor of the French and established a vast European empire.
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"This much is history: On Christmas Eve, 1800, an "infernal machine" exploded in one of the busiest streets in Paris, France, destroying buildings and killing innocent civilians. It wasn't the first attempt on the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, First Consul of the newly minted Republic of France. This much is exclusive to our story: Upon the failure of the Christmas Eve plot, the conspiracy takes a new and more diabolical turn. Posterity knows what became...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 536 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, color portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The second volume of Michael Broers' three volume life of Napoleon, covering the tumultuous years 1805 to 1810, a period which marks the zenith of Napoleon's power and military success. Like volume one, it is based on the new version of Napoleon's correspondence, made available by the Fondation Napoléon in Paris. It is the story of Napoleon's conquest of Europe--and that of his magnificent Grande Armée-- as they sweep through the length and breadth...
Author
Language
English
Description
"As the French revolution ravages the country, Desiree Clary is faced with the life-altering truth that the world she has known and loved is gone and it's fallen on her to save her family from the guillotine. A chance encounter with Napoleon Bonaparte, the ambitious and charismatic young military prodigy, provides her answer. When her beloved sister Julie marries his brother Joseph, Desiree and Napoleon's futures become irrevocably linked. Quickly...
Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[between 2000-2009?]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (403 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Russian
Description
A painstakingly detailed adaptation of the Tolstoy novel which follows the interconnected lives of a group of Russian aristocrats from 1805 to 1812, including Napoleon's invasion of Russia.
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 317 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"History of Napoleon's art looting of Italy and the subsequent formation of the Louvre"--
13) The hundred days
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
For years, critics have celebrated best-selling author Patrick O'Brian's seafaring adventures for their magnificent blend of swashbuckling excitement and historical accuracy. With The Hundred Days, he transports you to the high seas of the Napoleonic era when the French demagogue is making a desperate attempt to control the European world. While Napoleon pursues the British across Europe, rumors fly about him forging a secret link with the forces...
Author
Series
Sebastian St. Cyr mysteries volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has spent years unraveling his tragic past, and now what has been done in the dark will come to light in this gripping new historical mystery from the USA Today bestselling author of What the Devil Knows. March, 1815. The Bourbon King Louis XVIII has been restored to the throne of France, Napoleon is in exile on the isle of Elba, and Sebastian St. Cyr, Viscount Devlin, has traveled to Paris in hopes of tracing...
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Lexile measure
740L
Physical Desc
310 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Professor von Volt plans to send Geronimo and his time traveling friends back to King Solomon's court to borrow a ring that supposedly will restore harmony to Mouse Island and balance the environment--but they soon find themselves taking an unplanned detour through Napoleon's court, a Viking village, and the Minotaur's labyrinth, before finally arriving before the wise King.
16) The Académie
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Pub
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Told in separate voices, teenaged Eliza Monroe, the daughter of a future United States President, Hortense de Beauharnais and Caroline Bonaparte, relatives of Napoleon I, and Madeleine, daughter of an actress, come together at L'Académie Nationale à St. Germain in the turmoil of 1799 France.
Author
Publisher
PlayMonster LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 game (47 Blue army pieces, 45 Red army pieces, 13 Black army pieces, 1 game board, 1 battle die, 2 hill tiles, 2 mud tiles, 3 building tiles, 15 maneuver cards, 6 line of retreat cards, 12 weakened blocks, 6 building counters, 3 ownership flags, 1 turn counter) : cardstock, plastic, color ; in container 32 x 45 x 7 cm + 1 rulebook (15 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm)
Language
English
Description
Choking hazard. Not suitable for very young children due to small parts.
Relive and refight the Battle of Waterloo by leading your troops on as either Emperor Napeleon or the Duke of Wellington. Will you succeed in punching through Wellington's lines before the arrival of the Prussians or will you, as Napoleon did, "Meet your Waterloo"?
Series
Publisher
Gale Research Inc
Pub. Date
2000.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xi, 294 pages) : photos.
Language
English
Description
Access is provided to Deerfield Public Library cardholders through Gale eResources. Click the link to access full-text information about this topic from the news, magazines, academic journals, primary sources and trustworthy websites. May also include videos, images and audio.
Biographical profiles of important and influential persons of African heritage who form the international black community. Covers persons of various nationalities in a wide...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
177 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps, portraits (some color) ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"What do Mother Theresa, Honest Abe, and Mahatma Gandhi have in common? They're all too good for this book, that's what. Sure, you'll find some familiar faces like Queen Elizabeth I and Thomas Edison in here, but you'll learn that behind their angelic smiles were cunning con artists who stole their way to gold and greatness. Follow the trail of twelve trouble-makers to learn what really made the Mona Lisa the most iconic painting in the world, meet...
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