Napoleon and the rebel: a story of brotherhood, passion, and power

Simonetta and Arikha present a detailed portrait of Napoleon's family. The turbulent relationship between Napoleon and his brother, Lucien, of whom the Emperor said, 'of all my siblings, he was the most gifted, and the one who hurt me most,' illustrates the power struggles, idealism and corruption that characterized the French Empire. MARCELLO SIMONETTA has a PhD in Italian Literature and History from Yale, USA. His first book, The Montefeltro Conspiracy: A Renaissance Mystery Decoded, solves one of the most scandalous crimes of the Renaissance: the attempted assassination of the celebrated Medici brothers. He lives in New York, USA. . NOGA ARIKHA has a PhD in History and Philosophy from the Warburg Institute. Shehas taught at Bard College and the Bard Graduate Centre, USA. Her first book,Passions and Tempers: A History of the Humours , was a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice and one of the The Washington Post's Best Non-fiction Books of 2007. She lives in New York, USA. INDICE: Preface - Youth, 1775-1799 - Diplomacy, 1800-1802 - Love, 1802-1803 - Exile, 1804-1807 - Empire, 1808-1815 - Epilogue, 1815-1840 - Bibliography - Acknowledgements -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-11156-1
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 08/07/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés