ΓΝΩΜΑΙ ΚΑΙ ΣΤΟΧΑΣΜΟΙ ΤΟΥ ΝΑΠΟΛΕΟΝΤΟΣ ΑΙΧΜΑΛΩΤΟΥ ΟΝΤΟΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑΝ ΕΛΕΝΗΝ

by Napoléon Bonaparte

Χειρόγραφον εὐρεθὲν μεταξὺ τῶν ἐγγράφων τοῦ De La Cases, ἐκδοθὲν κατὰ πρῶτον γαλλιστί, παρ' Ἄγγλου τινός, ἐκ τούτου δε μεταφρασθὲν εἰς τὴν ἰταλικὴν ἀνωνύμως καὶ ἐκ ταύτης εἰς τὴν καθομιλουμένην ἑλληνικὴν διάλεκτον μεταγλωττισθέν ὑπὸ Μ. Ν Σισίνη.

65 pages, Unknown Binding

Published January 1, 1845

About the author

Napoleon I, originally Napoleon Bonaparte and known as "the Little Corporal," a brilliant strategist, overthrew the directory in 1799 and was proclaimed first consul and later Emperor of the French and king of Italy from 1804. His military and political might gripped Continental Europe, but after a disastrous campaign in Russia in winter 1812, he was forced to abdicate in 1814. Exiled to the island of Elba, he escaped and briefly regained power before ultimately being defeated at Waterloo in 1815. He was then exiled to Saint Helena, where he died of cancer in 1821.

Trained in mainland as an artillery officer, he rose to prominence as a general of the revolution and led several successes against the arrayed coalitions. In late 1799, Napoleon staged a coup d'état and installed for five years. In the decade of the 19th century, he turned the armies and dominated almost everyone through extensive alliance systems and a lengthy streak of major victories, epitomized through battles, such as Austerlitz and Friedland. He appointed close friends and several members of his family as monarchs and important government figures of dominated states.

Napoleon developed relatively few innovations, although virtually all large modern armies accept his doctrines that placed artillery into batteries and elevated the corps as the standard unit. From a variety of sources, he drew his best tactics, and he scored several major victories with a modernized army. Academies over the world study this widely regarded greatest commander of history. Aside from achievements, people also remember Napoleon for the establishment that laid the bureaucratic foundations for the modern state.