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Product Identifiers

PublisherSt. Martin's Press

ISBN-101250057787

ISBN-139781250057785

eBay Product ID (ePID)240011020

Product Key Features

Book TitleShadow Emperor : a Biography of Napoleon III

Number of Pages512 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCultural Heritage, Europe / France, Historical

Publication Year2018

IllustratorYes

GenreBiography & Autobiography, History

AuthorAlan Strauss-Schom

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight25.2 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2017-060757

Reviews"Louis Napoleon's story is certainly remarkable. Alan Strauss-Schom tells it with brio...a boldly revisionist biography."-- The Wall Street Journal "An excellent biography...This work's perceptive synthesis of recent research will interest scholars, and its engaging presentation and fast-paced narrative will attract general readers."-- Publishers Weekly " Strauss-Schom sheds much-needed light on France's Second Empire in this compelling biography of Emperor Louis-Napoleon III. Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian Strauss-Schom's portrayal, while sympathetic, doesn't gloss over Louis's flaws: his serial infidelities poisoned his relationship with Empress Eugénie, while his indecisive foreign policy culminated in the Franco-Prussian War. But in stressing the progressive even benevolent ideas that shaped the achievements of his reign, Strauss-Schom helps bring this Bonaparte out of the shadow of his more brutal forebear. "-- Library Journal, Praise for EMILE ZOLA "This is an essential book . . . brilliantly readable from cover to cover."--MARTIN SEYMOUR-SMITH Praise forTRAFALGAR, COUNTDOWN TO BATTLE, 1803-1805 "[A] riveting narrative . . . Lively, dramatic."--Kirkus Reviews A thoroughly researched and splendidly written book."--BYRON FARWELL "A naval history in the grand manner, Alan Schom's Trafalgar is fully worthy of Samuel Eliot Morison in his prime. [His] depiction of character are riveting. This is an epic for our season."--KENNETH J. HAGAN, Director, U.S. Naval Academy Museum Praise for ONE HUNDRED DAYS, NAPOLEON'S ROAD TO WATERLOO "Engrossing. . . . A master annalist's vivid reconstruction of a turning point in world history."--Kirkus Reviews "Thoroughly researched and well-written."--The Fort Worth Star-Telegram "A first-class reconstruction of Napoleon's final campaign."--Publishers Weekly "A superb and epic account of Napoleon's spectacular attempt to regain glory and power. . . . Napoleon was one of the most amazing figures of history and Alan Schom has brilliantly re-created his final dnouement."-- CARLO D'ESTE, author of Patton, and Eisenhower. Praise for NAPOLEON BONAPARTE "A rip-roaring yarn. Schom has a lively style, and a neat turn of phrase ."-- The New York Times Book Review "Meticulously researched . . . Schom presents a rounded portrait not only of Napoleon, but also of the principal figures of his extraordinary life . . . and brilliantly presents Napoleon's life while appropriately deflating his legend."--Washington Post Book World "Superb. Mr. Schom has achieved every historian's dream; using exemplary scholarship to write a page-turning bestseller." --LEN DEIGHTON "A darkly nuanced biography. . . . In Many ways, Schom's strengths as a historian match those of his protagonist. . . . Schom reveals a tactical mastery of the events of Napoleon's Life, calling to mind the emperor's grasp of terrain. His book is bold in scope, and . . . his salvos are devastating."--Philadelphia Inquirer "A badly needed comprehensive, one-volume life. . . . [Napoleon] does a magnificent job of covering the full sweep of Napoleon's career."--Chicago Tribune "Powerful."--St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Louis Napoleon's story is certainly remarkable. Alan Strauss-Schom tells it with brio...a boldly revisionist biography."-- The Wall Street Journal "An excellent biography...This work's perceptive synthesis of recent research will interest scholars, and its engaging presentation and fast-paced narrative will attract general readers."-- Publishers Weekly, "Louis Napoleon's story is certainly remarkable. Alan Strauss-Schom tells it with brio...a boldly revisionist biography."-- The Wall Street Journal "An excellent biography...This work's perceptive synthesis of recent research will interest scholars, and its engaging presentation and fast-paced narrative will attract general readers."-- Publishers Weekly " Strauss-Schom sheds much-needed light on France's Second Empire in this compelling biography of Emperor Louis-Napoleon III. Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian Strauss-Schom's portrayal, while sympathetic, doesn't gloss over Louis's flaws: his serial infidelities poisoned his relationship with Empress Eugénie, while his indecisive foreign policy culminated in the Franco-Prussian War. But in stressing the progressive even benevolent ideas that shaped the achievements of his reign, Strauss-Schom helps bring this Bonaparte out of the shadow of his more brutal forebear. Highly recommended for readers of European history and historical biography. "-- Library Journal

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal944.07092 B

Table Of Content1. Prince Louis Napoleon 2. A Son and His Father 3. Auguste de Morny 4. Gentlemanly Pursuits 5. Return to Arenenberg 6. Romance and Ructions 7. What Hath God Wrought 8. Farewells and Asylum 9. "This Grand and Glorious Undertaking": Boulogne or Bust 10. Funeral for an Emperor 11. To Ham, with Love, Tosh, and Toil 12. Marking Time 13. A Pure New Holy Republic: 1848 14. President of the Republic Bonaparte 15. The Elysee 16. Countdown to Empire 17. The Rubicon File 18. The Spnix of the Tuileries 19. Violets and Wedding Bells 20. Birth of an Empire 21. Georges Haussmann 22. Prefect of Paris 23. Crosses, Candlesticks, and Swords: The Crimea 24. A Ver Special Relationships 25. A Child of France 26. An Italian Opera 27. Return of the Carbonaro: Italy, 1859 28. Four Seasons 29. Inquisition at Baden: 1860 30. Offenbachland 31. Fields of Empire 32. An Arab Kingdom 33. Bismarck: War Watch 34. Ebb Tide 35. Count Bismarck's War: 1870 36. To Berlin! 37. "Were You at Sedan, Henri?" 38. Elgy for an Emperor Afterword Notes Select Bibliography Index

SynopsisA breakout biography of Louis-Napoleon III, whose controversial achievements have polarized historians. Considered one of the pre-eminent Napoleon Bonaparte experts, Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian Alan Strauss-Schom has turned his sights on another in that dynasty, Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon) overshadowed for too long by his more romanticized forebear. In the first full biography of Napoleon III by an American historian, Strauss-Schom uses his years of primary source research to explore the major cultural, sociological, economical, financial, international, and militaristic long-lasting effects of France's most polarizing emperor. Louis-Napoleon's achievements have been mixed and confusing, even to historians. He completely revolutionized the infrastructure of the state and the economy, but at the price of financial scandals of imperial proportions. In an age when "colonialism" was expanding, Louis-Napoleon's colonial designs were both praised by the emperor's party and the French military and resisted by the socialists. He expanded the nation's railways to match those of England; created major new transoceanic steamship lines and a new modern navy; introduced a whole new banking sector supported by seemingly unlimited venture capital, while also empowering powerful new state and private banks; and completely rebuilt the heart of Paris, street by street. Napoleon III wanted to surpass the legacy of his famous uncle, Napoleon I. In The Shadow Emperor , Alan Strauss-Schom sets the record straight on Napoleon III's legacy., A breakout biography of Louis-Napoleon III, whose controversial achievements have polarized historians. Considered one of the pre-eminent Napoleon Bonaparte experts, Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian Alan Strauss-Schom has turned his sights on another in that dynasty, Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon) overshadowed for too long by his more romanticized forebear. In the first full biography of Napoleon III by an American historian, Strauss-Schom uses his years of primary source research to explore the major cultural, sociological, economical, financial, international, and militaristic long-lasting effects of France's most polarizing emperor. Louis-Napoleon's achievements have been mixed and confusing, even to historians. He completely revolutionized the infrastructure of the state and the economy, but at the price of financial scandals of imperialproportions. In an age when "colonialism" was expanding, Louis-Napoleon's colonial designs were both praised by the emperor's party and the French military and resisted by the socialists. He expanded the nation's railways to match those of England; created major new transoceanic steamship lines and a new modern navy; introduced a whole new banking sector supported by seemingly unlimited venture capital, while also empowering powerful new state and private banks; and completely rebuilt the heart of Paris, street by street. Napoleon III wanted to surpass the legacy of his famous uncle, Napoleon I. In The Shadow Emperor , Alan Strauss-Schom sets the record straight on Napoleon III's legacy.

LC Classification NumberDC280.S77 2018