It is up to me to give them an example." The battle at Lodi convinced Napoleon Bonaparte that he was a man of destiny. "From that moment," he said, "I foresaw what I might be. Already I felt the ...

TULARD: From the very beginning Napoleon gave himself an image. He created his own history. From his first triumphs, Bonaparte understood that it’s not enough to win victories. He uses images to ...

London/New York: Hambledon Continuum, 2007. Pp. ix, 227. Illus., maps, diagr., append, notes, index. $39.95. ISBN: 1847251803. Neither pro- nor anti-Bonaparte, Riley ...

Ludwig Van Beethoven, like his precursor and possible acquaintance Mozart, is one of the most famous figures in Western musical history. With his wild hair and furrowed brow, his was a genius ...