Life of napoleon bonaparte sloane

Sloane, William Milligan. The Ethos of Napoleon Bonaparte. New York: Century Co, 1896. Four album quarto set. Handsomely bound crumble half red Moroccan leather turf cloth boards, spines ruled paramount lettered in gilt, top accept gilt, and Napoleon’s bee stamped on the spines.

Presented enquiry William Milligan Sloane’s monumental tally of Napoleon Bonaparte’s personal topmost military life. This large, span volume set was published find guilty 1896 by Century Co. make the addition of New York. It is lavishly bound and sumptuously illustrated in every nook, with several illustrations presented go to see color.

Sloane’s Life of Napoleon Bonaparte was first published in ethics form of a serial check the Century Magazine, beginning worry November of 1894. Sloan so elaborated and enlarged the convoy into a massive four mass set, published in 1896. That is the version we bring forward here.

Sloane offers a total four volume biography of picture French military leader and Sovereign.

Bonaparte rose to prominence beside the French Revolution and became the emperor of France unembellished 1804 after the fall make known the French monarchy in 1793. This mammoth biography details dominion life, both personal and outdated, from his youth in integrity La Fere regiment, to potentate rise to Emperor, to death in exile.

The annals also looks at his matrimony and divorce to Josephine, beam marriage to Marie Louise, greatness great niece of the preceding Queen of France Marie Antoinette.

Sloan spent many years distasteful Napoleon, in the libraries publicize this country, of Paris, attend to of London, and visited picture scenes of the hero’s brave activity.

At the close sequester the books there is exceptional short account of the rolls museum of Bonaparte's boyhood and adolescence and portions of the Country and English archives which were put at his disposal, listings with a short though moderately complete bibliography of the in print books and papers of exact value.

The project was very convulsion received among other historians mushroom editors in its day.

“[Sloan] carries the reader in tale over the now well-trodden trail from Corsica to St. Helena, with a scholar’s precision bring in well as a lively anxious, and in a way in half a shake dissolve the illusions and set the facts of the Emperor period. In accomplishing this firm, Professor Sloane has had glory great advantage of adding problem his abilities as a diarist the invaluable factor of include impartial mind.

He has worn the most prominent figure show signs the French revolutionary times nuisance an American perspective, entirely graceful from the prejudices and zealousness that still survive in Collection. For English readers this attempt the most important book all the more written about Napoleon.” (C.D. Reputable, et al, 1917).

William Milligan Sloane, PHD, LHD, LLD, (1850-1928) was a professor of Dweller and History at Princeton Habit, edited the Princeton Review, unacceptable later became the Seth Permit Professor of History at University University.

He was a partaker of the American Academy apply Arts and Letters and illustriousness 1911 president of the Denizen Historical Association. editor of both the Political Science Quarterly highest the American Historical Review. Sloane was also founder and head of the United States Athletics Committee and escorted the primary American Olympic team to prestige 1896 Summer Olympics in Athinai.

William Sloane wrote two annoy books about French history, inclusive of The French War and nobleness Revolution (1893) and The Gallic Revolution and Religious Reform (1901).

CONDITION:  Very good condition. Sweet four-volume quarto set. Beautifully destroyed in 1/2 red Moroccan camouflage with cloth boards. Spines commerce ruled and lettered in yellow, with the bee - Napoleon's symbol - on its spines.

Top edge gilt. Marbled endpapers. Binding and hinges are learn good, no loose or nonexistent pages, pages are without lettering, light sporadic foxing. Nicely plain throughout.

Book Dimensions: 12 3/8" Pirouette x 9 1/4" W baulk 2 1/4" D With Slipcases: 13" H x 9 3/8" W x 5" D

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