Bonaparte : 1769-1802 - Gueniffey, Patrice; Rendall, Steven (Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press ofHarvard University Press, 2015)
Part I. Napoleon and Corsica: 1769-1793 -- An Italian family in Corsica -- A French upbringing -- The French officer and the Corsican patriot -- The revolutionary of Ajaccio -- Lost illusions -- Part II. Entry into the scene: 1793-1796 -- Toulon -- In search of a future -- Happiness -- Part III. The Italian Campaign: 1796-1797 -- That beautiful Italy -- An Italian policy? -- On the road to Vienna -- Mombello -- Saving the Directory -- Campoformio -- Parisian interlude -- Part IV. The Egyptian Expedition: 1798-1799 -- The road to the Indies -- The conquest of the Nile -- Governing Egypt -- Jaffa -- The return from the orient -- Part V. Crossing the Rubicon: 1799 -- The conspiracy -- Brumaire -- Part VI. A king for the revolution: 1799-1802 -- First Consul -- First steps -- From the Tuileries to Marengo -- Works and days -- The turning point of 1801 -- Peace with the church -- The top of the ladder.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Keywords: Napoleon -- I, -- Emperor of the French, -- 1769-1821.; Emperors -- France -- Biography; Heads of state -- France -- Biography; France -- History -- Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.