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Victor Hugo

Napoleon the Little Hardcover

by Victor Hugo (Author)

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Hugo's (1808-52) scathing indictment of Napoleon III, emperor of France. No scholarly apparatus. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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221 pages
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English
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Howard Fertig Pub
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6 x 1 x 8.75 inches
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0865274088
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978-0865274082
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Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 221 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0865274088
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0865274082
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1 x 8.75 inches

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Victor Marie Hugo (/ˈhjuːɡoʊ/; French: [viktɔʁ maʁi yɡo]; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. He is considered one of the greatest and best-known French writers. In France, Hugo's literary fame comes first from his poetry and then from his novels and his dramatic achievements. Among many volumes of poetry, Les Contemplations and La Légende des siècles stand particularly high in critical esteem. Outside France, his best-known works are the novels Les Misérables, 1862, and Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831 (known in English as The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). He also produced more than 4,000 drawings, which have since been admired for their beauty, and earned widespread respect as a campaigner for social causes such as the abolition of capital punishment.

Though a committed royalist when he was young, Hugo's views changed as the decades passed, and he became a passionate supporter of republicanism; his work touches upon most of the political and social issues and the artistic trends of his time. He is buried in the Panthéon. His legacy has been honoured in many ways, including his portrait being placed on French franc banknotes.

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Mazda 6

Not for mere entertainment

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on January 27, 2013

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This is a difficult book to rate as its appeal is limited. It is not for casual reading. It is an interesting example of history from a different viewpoint than usually found in textbooks. Victor Hugo demonstrates how to cut an egotistical dictator down to size with carefully crafted words and examples. The nephew of the more famous first Napoleon (the Great), emperor of France, was a Hitler like politician who took advantage of popularity to impose his will and desires on the French people, who blindly followed where he led. At the cost of personal exile, Hugo wrote this book attempting to waken fellow citizens to the danger they faced. Compared to modern tirades against political opponents, his words seem quaint and dated, but they were devastating. It made me admire Hugo for his courage and clear insight, and wish we had more political leaders like him today. The title of the book adequately summarizes its contents.

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HenryP

Learn about Napoleon between rants

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 10, 2013

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I learned a lot about Napoleon between the rants of how bad he was.
The little insights about the french Constitution, this explains a lot about the feelings on both sides in his later books.
This would be important for History majors as he is documenting history, hoping that Napoleon would be impeached some day.

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Michele Gallagher

History of Napolean 3rd

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 7, 2013

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I was never interested in history or stories written about this type of thing before. Decided to give it a go and found myself very interested in what had happened to the French people. Very powerfully written and very enlightening of the sheer audacity of the man.

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tom adkins

Napolean : A general forn his times

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 28, 2013

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Napoleon was born at an ideal time to become the man of his times. He was quick to regonise the social unrest in France. He was also quick to take advantage of it. His records speaks for its self. He was a genus of military and of power. Oddly, he was notgreatly interested in wealth. He gained his position thru wars. He loved to fight. It became his downfall.

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educate civil servants with different ideas

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 29, 2014

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Thisbook should be required reading for civil servants as it demonstrates french dicotomy clearly. Demonstratiung to so called french diplomatic approach visible to this day

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 11, 2015

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It was a good book but is was difficult to read

for its

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 8, 2016

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translations were off and made it difficult to follow. coudnt finish it.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 23, 2013

This book is a must read if you're even slightly interested in Napoleon or the Napoleonic era. The "real" Napoleon, that is. Important thing to note before you pick this book up: Hugo is not comparing Napoleon I and II, instead it's between I and III. Napoleon II only reigned in title, and for such as insignificant time that it's not even worth mentioning (though on a personal level, it's a tremendously tragic life and one that should get more exposure...) but just keep that in mind. The writing is very clear and not academic. It's more of a manifesto than an academic report of sorts. It was clearly written for the people!

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john lawrence

words.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 3, 2013

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Victor Hugo knew so many wonderfull words,HIS VOCABULARY WOW, he should have been English.a great writer, a veiw of the times.

EM

Profound, but disturbing in its reality. Hugo's genius ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 5, 2015

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Profound,but disturbing in its reality. Hugo's genius shines through.

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