Napoleon Bonaparte

Who would have ever predicted that by the “1800’s a young lieutenant, who was barely French, would be master of France” (Maurois 5)? Napoleon Bonaparte was a military genius who won many wars and battles for France. Napoleon Bonaparte had a huge impact on all of France and numerous other countries around Europe. He had many great accomplishments, two of which were his positions as First Consul and Emperor. Napoleon was a military genius, known for …

…provinces under enemy control (Herold 392). Through all of this, Napoleon’s ideas were proven premature. Who would have predicted that by the “1800’s a young lieutenant, who was barely French, would be master of France” (Maurois 5)? Bibliography Herold, J. Christopher. The Age of Napoleon. New York: American Heritage Publishing CO., INC., 1963. Maurois, Andre. Napoleon and His World. New York, NewYork: The Viking Publishing Press, 1964. Weidhorn, Manfred. Napoleon. New York, New York: Antheneum Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986.