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Title: The Story of Napoleon

Author: Harold Wheeler

Release date: January 13, 2016 [eBook #50910]
Most recently updated: October 22, 2024

Language: English

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THE STORY OF
NAPOLEON



Napoleon I., Emperor of the French

From the painting by David

Fr.


THE STORY OF
NAPOLEON

BY
Harold F. B. Wheeler
F.R.Hist.S.

JOINT-AUTHOR OF
‘NAPOLEON AND THE INVASION OF ENGLAND’
AND ‘THE WAR IN WEXFORD’
AUTHOR OF ‘THE MIND OF NAPOLEON’ ETC.

There was an eye to see in this
man, a soul to dare and do. He rose
naturally to be the King. All men
saw that he
was such.’ Carlyle

LONDON
GEORGE G. HARRAP & COMPANY
2 & 3 PORTSMOUTH STREET KINGSWAY W.C.


DEDICATED
TO
WINIFRED AND JOAN

Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh