{"title":"Patrice Gueniffey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePatrice Gueniffey\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful portraits of towering figures in French history, bringing to life the complexities and ambitions of leaders like Bonaparte, Napoleon, and de Gaulle. His works delve into the personal and political intricacies that shaped pivotal moments in military and national history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in meticulous research, these biographies not only illuminate the characters themselves but also explore the wider historical and military contexts. Readers can expect richly detailed narratives that balance scholarly depth with accessible storytelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"napoleon-and-de-gaulle-by-patrice-gueniffey-9780674988385","title":"Napoleon and de Gaulle","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of France's most famous historians compares two exemplars of political and military leadership to make the unfashionable case that individuals, for better and worse, matter in history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHistorians have taught us that the past is not just a tale of heroes and wars. The anonymous millions matter and are active agents of change. But in democratising history, we have lost track of the outsized role that individual will and charisma can play in shaping the world, especially in moments of extreme tumult. Patrice Gueniffey provides a compelling reminder of this in his powerful dual biography of two transformative leaders, Napoleon Bonaparte and Charles de Gaulle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBoth became national figures at times of crisis and war. They were hailed as saviours and were eager to embrace the label. They were also animated by quests for personal and national greatness, by the desire to raise France above itself and lead it on a mission to enlighten the world. Both united an embattled nation, returned it to dignity, and left a permanent political legacy— in Napoleon's case, a form of administration and a body of civil law; in de Gaulle's case, new political institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGueniffey compares Napoleon's and de Gaulle's journeys to power; their methods; their ideas and writings, notably about war; and their postmortem reputations. He also contrasts their weaknesses: Napoleon's limitless ambitions and appetite for war and de Gaulle's capacity for cruelty, manifested most clearly in Algeria.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey were men of genuine talent and achievement, with flaws almost as pronounced as their strengths. As many nations, not least France, struggle to find their soul in a rapidly changing world, Gueniffey shows us what a difference an extraordinary leader can make.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47000687411436,"sku":"9780674988385","price":75.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/8385733482428.jpg?v=1763297214"},{"product_id":"bonaparte-by-patrice-gueniffey-9780674368354","title":"Bonaparte","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePatrice Gueniffey is the leading French historian of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic age. This book, hailed as a masterwork on its publication in France, takes up the epic narrative at the heart of this turbulent period: the life of Napoleon himself, the man who—in Madame de Staël's words—made the rest of \"the human race anonymous.\" Gueniffey follows Bonaparte from his obscure boyhood in Corsica, to his meteoric rise during the Italian and Egyptian campaigns of the Revolutionary wars, to his proclamation as Consul for Life in 1802. \u003cem\u003eBonaparte\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of how Napoleon became Napoleon. A future volume will trace his career as emperor.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMost books approach Napoleon from an angle—the Machiavellian politician, the military genius, the life without the times, the times without the life. Gueniffey paints a full, nuanced portrait. We meet both the romantic cadet and the young general burning with ambition—one minute helplessly intoxicated with Josephine, the next minute dominating men twice his age, and always at war with his own family. Gueniffey recreates the violent upheavals and global rivalries that set the stage for Napoleon's battles and for his crucial role as state builder. His successes ushered in a new age whose legacy is felt around the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAverse as we are now to martial glory, Napoleon might seem to be a hero from a bygone time. 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