内容摘要 Napoleon: The Path to Power 1769 - 1799 拿破仑传 卷一:权利之路 拿破仑·波拿巴(Napoleon Bonaparte)的崛起既非必然,也非一帆风顺; 它充满了错误,错误的转折和陷阱。 在他性格形成的岁月里,他的身份不断变化,他的性格模棱两可,他的意图也常常不明确。 然而,他雄心勃勃,正是这种无情的干劲推动了他的事业。 这本书审视了拿破仑性格的非凡演变,以及他在三十岁时成为欧洲强大国家首领的手段,并巧妙地塑造了自己的形象,奠定了延续至今的传奇故事的基础。 Napoleon Bonaparte's rise to power was neither inevitable nor smooth; it was full of mistakes, wrong turns and pitfalls. During his formative years his identity was constantly shifting, his character ambiguous and his intentions often ill-defined. He was, however, highly ambitious, and it was this ruthless drive that advanced his career. This book examines the extraordinary evolution of Napoleon's character and the means by which at the age of thirty he became head of the most powerful country in Europe and skilfully fashioned the image of himself that laid the foundation of the legend that endures to this day. Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815 (Napoleon Vol 2) 拿破仑传 卷二:全民皇帝 “拿破仑的传奇如此执着,以至于混淆了大众想象中的历史现实。他本人为构建自己的神话做出了巨大贡献,从青年时代开始,直到他倒台之后,在流放期间,他将回忆录口述给一群门徒,他们记下了他的每一个字,希望他的版本历史将占上风。这就是拿破仑作为编年史家的技能,以至于许多传说仍然毫无疑问地被接受......” 菲利普·德怀尔 (Philip Dwyer) 杰出传记的第二卷进一步揭示了现代历史上一位伟大的人物。在迅速崛起之后,1799 年的军事政治政变确立了年仅 30 岁的拿破仑·波拿巴的政府。这项经过精心研究的研究考察了当权者,从他沉思的痴迷和暴力能力,到他激励他人和实现其远见卓识的能力。作为首批真正的现代政治家之一,拿破仑巧妙地塑造了自己的形象,为延续至今的传奇奠定了基础;菲利普·德怀尔 (Philip Dwyer) 雄心勃勃、权威性的作品将神话与历史区分开来,重新为我们提供了历史上具有魅力和能力的领导者之一。 'Napoleon's legend is so persistent that it confounds the historical reality in the popular imagination. He himself contributed much towards the construction of his own myth, from his youth even until after he fell from power, when, while in exile, he dictated his memoirs to a group of disciples who took down his every word in the hope that his version of history would prevail. Such were Napoleon's skills as a chronicler that much of the legend is still unquestioningly accepted...' This second volume of Philip Dwyer's outstanding biography sheds further fresh light on one of the great figures of modern history. After a meteoric rise, a military-political coup in 1799 established Napoleon Bonaparte in government, aged just thirty. This meticulously researched study examines the man in power, from his brooding obsessions and capacity for violence, to his ability to inspire others and realise his visionary ideas. One of the first truly modern politicians, Napoleon skilfully fashioned the image of himself that laid the foundation of the legend that endures to this day; Philip Dwyer's ambitious, definitive work separates myth from history to offer us anew one of history's most charismatic and able leaders. Napoleon: Passion, Death and Resurrection 1815–1840 (Napoleon Vol 3) 拿破仑传 卷三:光荣,死亡与变革 这项经过精心研究的研究开始时,拿破仑不再掌权,而是圣赫勒拿岛上的一名囚犯。 这可能是权力的大幅下降,但拿破仑仍然具有巨大的吸引力。 每天,远方的岸边都会有大批的人群聚集,希望能一睹他的风采。 菲利普·德怀尔 (Philip Dwyer) 结束了他雄心勃勃的三部曲,探索拿破仑的生平、遗产和神话,从入狱的最初几个月、流放的岁月、直至死亡再到更远,考察拿破仑生前如何奠定传奇的基础 他的追随者继续建立。 这是一部权威作品的恰当而权威的结局。 This meticulously researched study opens with Napoleon no longer in power, but instead a prisoner on the island of St Helena. This may have been a great fall from power, but Napoleon still held immense attraction. Every day, huge crowds would gather on the far shore in the hope of catching a glimpse of him. Philip Dwyer closes his ambitious trilogy exploring Napoleon's life, legacy and myth by moving from those first months of imprisonment, through the years of exile, up to death and then beyond, examining how the foundations of legend that had been laid by Napoleon during his lifetime continued to be built upon by his followers. This is a fitting and authoritative end to a definitive work.
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