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Napoleon bonaparte, dubbed napoleon i in 1804 when he became the emperor of france, was the sort of person who simply did what was necessary to get what he wanted which means he made a lot of enemies. It offers close examination of battlefield victories, personal torments, military genius, bonapartes titanic ego and his relationships with the french government, talleyrand, wellington and josephine. William milligan sloane sloane, william milligan, 18501928. After proving himself on the battlefield, napoleon. The project gutenberg memoirs of napoleon bonaparte.
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