Napoleon Bonaparte
Das Leben einer Legende
by Klaus Deinet
Paperback (Published)
(July 2021)
ISBN: 9783170374867
5.47 x 7.95 inches
Price: $37.00
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English summary: Napoleon I is still a polarizing figure even today and is usually presented either as an outstanding saviour or as an abysmal monster who was merely driven on by fast-moving events. In this concise and methodologically well-considered biography, Klaus Deinet now outlines Napoleon=s career & from his meteoric rise to his precipitous fall & as a sequence of decisions that built on each other and were essentially made by Napoleon himself. He contrasts the military victories with the excessive strain on France=s resources, and political successes with glaring diplomatic mistakes. Deinet succeeds in presenting Napoleon=s personality as a consistent whole, although one that underwent massive changes. This results in a manageable, balanced and exciting biography, which also takes the turbulence of the era into account. German description: Napoleon I. polarisiert noch immer die Menschen und wird zumeist entweder als uberragender Heilsbringer oder als abgrundtiefer Unmensch prasentiert, der von sich uberschlagenden Ereignissen getrieben wurde. In seiner schlanken und methodisch durchdachten Biographie skizziert Klaus Deinet nun den kometenhaften Aufstieg Napoleons bis hin zu seinem jahen Absturz als eine Abfolge von aufeinander aufbauenden Entscheidungen, die im Wesentlichen Napoleon selbst traf. Den militarischen Siegen stellt er die masslose Uberanstrengung von Frankreichs Ressourcen gegenuber, politischen Erfolgen die eklatanten diplomatischen Fehlentscheidungen. Deinet gelingt es, die Person Napoleons als eine Einheit darzustellen, wenngleich diese massive Veranderungen durchlief. So ist eine uberschaubare, ausgewogene und spannende Biographie entstanden, die auch der turbulenten Epoche Rechnung tragt.
- By (author) Klaus Deinet
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