Napoleon's Marshals: Twenty-Six Military Commanders of the First Empire

by R.P. Dunn-Pattison

Book Overview

The careers of the first men of the First Empire

The rank of Marshal of France was the highest military rank within the armies of the Bourbons in the days before the French Revolution tore down the aristocratic establishment and signalled a period of change where citizens could rise on merit rather than as a right of birth. Revolution turned to Consulate and-under the seemingly invincible and unstoppable influence of Napoleon Bonaparte-to Empire...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857065203
• ISBN13: 9780857065209
• Release Date: March 2011
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 332 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"