Napoleon III: A Life.
Bresler, Fenton.
Place Published: New York, New York, U.S.A.:
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers,
Date Published: 1999.
Description: FIRST EDITION, STATED SECOND PRINTING. 438 pages with index plus 18 pages black & white and color photos. The book and dust jacket are FINE/AS NEW (unread). NOT price-clipped and NOT remaindered. Comes with BRODART jacket cover. JMVintage specializes in books, magazines, and treasures related to the Duke & Duchess of Windsor..and other curious subjects. Dust jacket notes read: "Twice, Prince Louis-Napoleon suffered the ignominy of exile, but for twenty-two of the years between, he exerted an influence over France as far-reaching as that of his more famous uncle, Napoleon Bonaparte. In his resolve to fulfill the legacy of his illustrious namesake, Louis-Napoleon created a legend superbly his own, as this masterful new biography amply demonstrates. Louis-Napoleon ruled France from 1848 to 1870, first as President and then as Emperor. Under his benevolent dictatorship, the nation enjoyed an unparalleled level of prosperous stability. The arts flourished, industry thrived, wealth burgeoned. With Baron Georges Haussman, Louis-Napoleon reinvented Paris as a dazzling capital city with beautiful, wide boulevards and grand public gardens that epitomized imperial splendor. In little more than a decade the exiled prince had become the most powerful man in Europe. Then he lost it all. In 1871, Napoleon III, who had subjugated Austria and reestablished the international prominence of France at the outset of his reign, suffered a catastrophic defeat by Prussia that cast his nation back into the shadows of European power. Again, Louis-Napoleon was forced into exile. With the Empress Eugenie he retreated to Kent, in England. He died there two years later, perhaps, as newly available research shows, due to incompetence at the highest level of Britain's medical establishment. Charting the career of Napoleon III from his early high adventure to his glittering triumphs and ultimate disgrace, this biography fully illuminates the character of this singular French leader who knew numerous mistresses but enjoyed no lover, who commanded the loyalty of countless confidantes and colleagues but could name no friends, who wooed nations and parlayed with kings but, in the end, could boast no ally. Fenton Bresler is a journalist and author whose other works include the biographies The Mystery of Georges Simenon and Lord Goddard."
Edition: First editionBinding: Hard Back
Condition: Fine in Fine dj
ISBN: 0786706600
Book Id: 9943
Price: $21.50
