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The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte, by
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Title: The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.)
Author: William Milligan Sloane
Release Date: January 22, 2008 [EBook #24360]
Language: English
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[Illustration: Napoleon Bonaparte in 1785, aged sixteen. From sketch made by a comrade; formerly in the Musée des Souverains, now in the Louvre.]
THE LIFE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
BY
WILLIAM MILLIGAN SLOANE PH.D., L.H.D., LL.D. Professor of History in Columbia University
Revised and Enlarged With Portraits
VOLUME I
[Illustration: Editor's arm.]
NEW YORK THE CENTURY CO. 1916
Copyright, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1910 BY THE CENTURY CO.
Published, October, 1910
PREFACE TO THE LIBRARY EDITION
This life of Napoleon was first published in 1896 as a book: for the years 1895-96 it ran as a serial in the pages of the Century
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte
by William Milligan Sloane