Napoleon. 3rd edition, stereotypical. Tarle E.V.

The proposed book, written by the academician of the USSR Academy of Sciences E.V. Tarle, occupies a special place in Russian and world historical literature. Despite the fact that the number of books about Napoleon Bonaparte is calculated by tens of thousands of items, this book, published for the first time in the distant 1930s, still remains an unsurpassed example of the biography of the French emperor. The rich historical material, the brilliant literary style, the exact characteristics of the protagonist of the book and his time made the book of a desktop for many scientists and for the widest circle of readers.

, the author’s entrance articles in the 1939 and 1942 publications are included in this publication, according to which the reader can compare the role of Napoleon in the history of the reactionary and as a progressive figure.

The book is recommended for historians, political scientists, social scholars, but first of all, the widest circle of readers who are interested in both history and world politics and the personality of the commander and statesman who largely laid the foundations of the modern French state.