The Eagle in Splendour
Tauris Parke (Verlag)
978-0-7556-4583-1 (ISBN)
Napoleon's military conquests changed the world and dominate most portraits of him, but it was through the splendour of his court - a world fashioned beyond the battlefield - that Napoleon governed his empire. The court of Napoleon I, in its grandeur and extravagance, surpassed even that of that the Sun King. Napoleon's palaces at Saint-Cloud and the Tuileries were the centres of his power, the dazzling reflection of the greatest empire in modern European history.
The life of the court illuminates the life of Napoleon himself and the nature of a personality that conquered half the world. Yet, he was in the end abandoned by his dynasty and courtiers, his past glories fading into lonely and ignominious exile.
Philip Mansel brings to life the intoxicated world of a court 'devoured by ambition', as Stendhal called it: its visual magnificence and rigid hierarchy, mistresses, artists and manipulators.
Philip Mansel, who has lived and taught in Paris, is one of Britain's leading historians of France and the Ottoman Empire. His first book, Louis XVIII, together with subsequent works such as Paris Between Empires, 1814-1852, established him as an authority on the later French monarchy. Mansel's acclaimed Constantinople: City of the World's Desire was described by William Dalrymple as 'An impeccably researched masterpiece of exquisite historical writing.' He currently lives in London, and is editor of The Court Historian, journal of the Society for Court Studies (www.courtstudies.org).
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Introduction : The Court Goes On
1. Steps to the Throne
2. The Emperor and his Court
3. A Passion for Palaces
4. The Courtiers
5. Ends and Means
6. The Family Courts
7. Power and Illusion
8. The Return to Grandeur
Notes
Sources and Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 20.08.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 25 bw integrated |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 226 mm |
| Gewicht | 367 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7556-4583-9 / 0755645839 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7556-4583-1 / 9780755645831 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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