Napoleon’s Near Miss
Linda Colley, 18 April 1985
Napoleon: The Myth of the Saviour
by Jean Tulard, translated by Teresa Waugh.
Weidenfeld, 470 pp., £14.95, June 1984,0 297 78439 0 Show More
by Jean Tulard, translated by Teresa Waugh.
Weidenfeld, 470 pp., £14.95, June 1984,
Alexis: Tsar of All the Russias
by Philip Longworth.
Secker, 319 pp., £15, June 1984,0 436 25688 6 Show More
by Philip Longworth.
Secker, 319 pp., £15, June 1984,
“... and only to point out the injustices of conscription and the high rates of desertion. Jean Tulard is less alienated – predictably so, since his appeal spans the Sorbonne where he teaches, the French Academy which awarded him the Grand Prix d’Or for this book, and the coffee-tables where he is often read. Nonetheless, it is indicative that ... ”
