Napoleon I of France
Biography
Artillery officer of Corsica, revolutionary general, first consul after 18 Brumaire, emperor 1804. The Code Civil, meritocracy, legion of honour reshaped Europe law. Austerlitz the masterpiece, the empire spanned the continent until Russia 1812 broke it. Elba escape, Hundred Days, Waterloo 1815, Saint Helena exile and death 1821. More books than days since his death, the legend divides tyrant versus modernizer.
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