There is, of course, nothing wrong in a program that aims to please everybody, except that as a rule it is a… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“Greatness has its beauties, but only in retrospect and in the imagination": thus wrote General Bonaparte to General Moreau in 1800. His observation helps… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
Napoleon, who had an aversion to the moral laxity of the eighteenth century, which he blamed on the domination of society by women, was… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
The Allies had made war on Napoleon as a tyrant and an oppressor of nations; yet once they had got him out of the… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“Just as Napoleon was the sole authority in the state, so the husband and father was to exercise authority over his family. Unfortunately the… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
Those who mistake their good luck for their merit are inevitably bound for disaster. — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“The popular image [in England] of Bonaparte as a blood-stained tyrant and bandit was admittedly exaggerated, but instinct told even the most radical among… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
His [Pitt's] successor as prime minister was Mr. Addington, who was a friend of Mr. Pitt, just as Mr. Pitt was a friend of… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
There is, of course, nothing wrong in a program that aims to please everybody, except that as a rule it is a prelude to… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
The Allies had made war on Napoleon as a tyrant and an oppressor of nations; yet once they had him out of the way,… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“The right-wing Tories and the conservative Whigs fought Napoleon as the Usurper and the Enemy of the Established Order; the liberal Tories and the… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“Historians are lenient to those who succeed and stern to those who fail; in this, and this alone, they display strong political sense.” — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
“The English soldier was probably the worst-treated soldier in Europe, and judging from the English casualty rates during the Napoleonic wars, English generals were… — J. Christopher Herold Copy Share Image
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