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1 online resource (267 pages) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Summary |
Napoleon promoted and honored great men throughout his reign. In addition to comparing himself to various great men, he famously established a Legion of Honor on 19 May 1802 to honor both civilians and soldiers, including non-ethnically French men. Napoleon not only created an Irish Legion in 1803 and later awarded William Lawless and John Tennent the Legion of Honour. Napoleon also gave them an Eagle with the inscription "L'Indépendence d'Irlande." He awarded twenty-six of his generals t .. |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Influence
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Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 |
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Hero worship -- France -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Contemporaries.
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Hero worship.
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Intellectual life.
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France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.
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France -- Intellectual life -- 19th century.
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France.
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History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443843102 |
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1443843105 |
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1299645151 |
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9781299645158 |
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1443842079 |
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9781443842075 |
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