Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Napoleon wrote fiction / edited, introduced, and translated by Ch ristopher Frayling. - Salsbury : Compton Press, c1972 - xvi, 173 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Early influences on Napoleon's attitude to literature.--Napoleon's l iterary education.--The evolution of Napoleon's style.--The hare, the h ound and the huntsman.--On suicide.--A meeting at the Palais Royal.--Lo ve of glory and love of country.--Dissertation on royal authority.--Not es from the History of England.--The Earl of Essex.--Notes on Marigny's History of the Arabs.--The mask of the prophet.--New Corsica.--Republi c or monarchy.--Dialogue on love.--Discourse to the Academy of Lyon.--A madrigal.--Supper in Beaucaire.--Clisson and Eugâenie.--A checklist of the writings of Napoleon (p. 166-171)--Select bibliography (p. 172-173 )

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