Napoleon by Bernard Capes (1904)
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By Bernard Capes · First published 1904 · Genre: Historical, Biography, Military History · 2,363 words
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It was the fourth of July, 1809, and a thunderous, close evening. In Lobau, the largest of the five islands on the Danube, where were the imperial headquarters, the huge machinery of war, human and insentient, was getting up steam, so to speak, for the morrow's milling, and eliciting, as its flywheel slowly revolved, an automatic response in all its myriad parts from Pressburg to Vienna. The occasion, it might be said, was an emergency occasion. If the Emperor, himself commanding, had not been thrashed by the Austrians, under the Archduke Charles, a couple of months earlier at Aspern, his retreat upon the islands had looked so much like a defeat, that for the moment his supremacy, moral and material, hung in the balance. For the first time the Grand Army had suffered a shock to its _amour-propre_ and its hitherto invincible faith in its leader. A little might turn the scale, and send all its disintegrated legions scuttling back to Strasburg.
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- Work type: Short story
- Author: Bernard Capes
- Date: 1904 CE
- Language: English
- Genres: Historical, Biography, Military History, Political
- Length: 2,363 words
- Structure: 1 section, 55 paragraphs
- Reading fit: Fairly Easy (7th Grade)
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Genres
- Historical — This biography of Napoleon is written as a historical account of his life as a military leader and emperor of the French. Hence, historical is the most relevant genre.
- Biography — As the book is about the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, one of the most important leaders in world history, it falls under the biography genre.
- Military History — The book offers considerable insight into Napoleon's time as a military leader, thus making it relevant in the military history genre.
- Political — The book also explores the political implications and actions of Napoleon, a significant political leader, categorizing it under the political genre.
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Historical Fiction · BioGraphy · Military History · Political History · European History · Napoleonic Era · French History · Autobiography · Memoir · Travel Writing · Exploration · Adventure