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The Age of Napoleon: A History of European Civilization from 1789 to 1815 (The Story of Civilization Volume XI)by Will and Ariel Durant
Hardcover Cloth 872 pages. Condition Very Good Dust Jacket Very Good. Reprint edition 1980. Nice tan boards with black 1/8 spine and gilt embossing shows off this Clean, tight, square copy with no marks, highlights or bookplates. Book Well kept and carefully stored in unread condition. Slight shelf wear. A clipped dust jacket smooth, clean and brilliant with slight shelf wear - a few wrinkles and chips. Not an ex-library, book club or remainder copy.
Durant did not plan to write this volume. His previous book, Rousseau and Revolution, ends with a final bow. But Durant lived longer than he anticipated (he died at 96), so he decided to devote his final years to a bonus book on Napoleon.
The Durants weave politics, religion, art, science, economics and more into their history. The result is not just an account of times past, but insights into the warp and weft of… Read More
