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"Lucien was the most talented of the Bonaparte brothers, who not only can be credited for helping Napoleon seize power, but who also had a promising political career of his own. He was a romantic, an idealist, and an anti-monarchist whose love for Alexandrine, the woman he married in spite of Napoleon's objections, caused him to fall out of favor with his powerful brother. Here, authors Simonetta and Arikha draw from a massive trove of first-hand documents, allowing them to present a rare, detailed portrait of this remarkable dynasty that reveals Emperor Napoleon and his family at their most intimate and vulnerable moments. The turbulent relationship between Napoleon and his favorite brother, Lucien, of whom the emperor said, "of all my siblings, he was the most gifted, and the one who hurt me most,"creates the perfect springboard to illustrate the bloody power struggles, romantic idealism, and corruption that characterized nineteenth-century Europe, as well as the rise and fall of the French empire"--… (meer)
Il libro si pone come biografia storica, ma meglio sarebbe definirlo romanzo storico d'intrattenimento. L'uso e l'abuso del discorso diretto da una parte e l'assordante tacere circa importanti vicende storiche accadute dall'altra vietano recisamente di catalogare l'opera come biografia storica. Giudizi recisi degli autori su personaggi storici, inoltre, lasciano il tempo che trovano, tanto più perchè emessi senza giustificazione alcuna. Nessun accenno invece sulla fonte dei soldi che Luciano impiegò generosamente per il mantenimento del suo elevato tenore di vita. Per finire, sono riscontrabili innumerevoli imprecisioni e sciatterie ed interi periodi letteralmente incomprensibili, sia in relazione al contesto, sia se presi isolatamente. ( )
Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
This book is dedicated to a late father and a new child: Avigdor Arikha, and our son, Vigo Luciano. The one left us just before being able to meet the other, who was born just as the book was completed, in a time of great sadness and great joy.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Preface: This book started with a painting.
I: Dark and slender, Lucien Bonaparte, President of the Council of Five-Hundred, sat in the crowded chamber at St. Cloud.
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Informatie afkomstig uit de Engelse Algemene Kennis.Bewerk om naar jouw taal over te brengen.
Her daughter Luciana would marry the wealthy Senator Zeffirino Faina; Luciana was Alexandrine's universal legatee, and it is thanks to her that the most intimate papers of Lucien's life were preserved from destruction.
"Lucien was the most talented of the Bonaparte brothers, who not only can be credited for helping Napoleon seize power, but who also had a promising political career of his own. He was a romantic, an idealist, and an anti-monarchist whose love for Alexandrine, the woman he married in spite of Napoleon's objections, caused him to fall out of favor with his powerful brother. Here, authors Simonetta and Arikha draw from a massive trove of first-hand documents, allowing them to present a rare, detailed portrait of this remarkable dynasty that reveals Emperor Napoleon and his family at their most intimate and vulnerable moments. The turbulent relationship between Napoleon and his favorite brother, Lucien, of whom the emperor said, "of all my siblings, he was the most gifted, and the one who hurt me most,"creates the perfect springboard to illustrate the bloody power struggles, romantic idealism, and corruption that characterized nineteenth-century Europe, as well as the rise and fall of the French empire"--
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