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Culture Heroes: Napoleon I, Mao Zedong, David, Culture Hero, Joshua, Hu Shih, Chen Duxiu, Lu Xun, Sceafa, Evander of Pallene, Zhou Tong
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-06-06.
ISBN 9781157707943
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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Napoleon I, Mao Zedong, David, Culture Hero, Joshua, Hu Shih, Chen Duxiu, Lu Xun, Sceafa, Evander of Pallene, Zhou Tong, Red Horn, Taksin, Romain Rolland, Liang Qichao, Sun Wukong, Hong Xiuquan, Birsa Munda, Yellow Emperor, Zeng Guofan, M?ui, Ilmarinen, Yixin, 1st Prince Gong, Lamech, Glooscap, Y. C. James Yen, Vili and Vé, the Great Peacemaker, Mamuni Mayan, Hong Rengan, Yan Fu, Chinigchinix, Tan Sitong. Excerpt: Previous ruling monarch was Louis XVI as King of the French (17911792) Napoleon Bonaparte (French: Napoléon Bonaparte French pronunciation: , Italian: Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 5 May 1821), was a military and political leader of France and Emperor of the French as Napoleon I, whose actions shaped European politics in the early 19th century. Napoleon was born in Corsica to parents of noble Italian ancestry and trained as an artillery officer in mainland France. Bonaparte rose to prominence under the First French Republic and led successful campaigns against the First and Second Coalitions arrayed against France. In 1799, he staged a coup d'état and installed himself as First Consul; five years later the French Senate proclaimed him emperor. In the first decade of the nineteenth century, the French Empire under Napoleon engaged in a series of conflictsthe Napoleonic Warsinvolving every major European power. After a streak of victories, France secured a dominant position in continental Europe, and Napoleon maintained the French sphere of influence through the formation of extensive alliances and the appointment of friends and family members to rule other European countries as French client states. The French invasion of Russia in 1812 marked a turning point in Napoleon's fortunes. His Grande Armée was badly damaged in the... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=69880
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