Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 12 - Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

Memoirs of Napoleon — Volume 12

By Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne

  • Release Date: 1834-01-01
  • Genre: History

Description

Napoleon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 - 5 May 1821) was a Corsican-born military officer who rose to prominence in the French Revolution, becoming the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic (11 November 1799 - 18 May 1804), and then Emperor of the French and King of Italy under the name Napoleon I (18 May 1804 - 6 April 1814, and again briefly from 20 March - 22 June 1815).