This brilliantly original study uncovers a side to Napoleon Bonaparte which has hitherto been ignored by biographers - that of the aspiring novelist and man of letters. In this illuminating, witty and elegantly written book, Andy Martin reveals how this neglected aspect of Napoleon's remarkable life actually provides the key to understanding it. The French Revolution, Austerl...(展开全部)

This brilliantly original study uncovers a side to Napoleon Bonaparte which has hitherto been ignored by biographers - that of the aspiring novelist and man of letters. In this illuminating, witty and elegantly written book, Andy Martin reveals how this neglected aspect of Napoleon's remarkable life actually provides the key to understanding it. The French Revolution, Austerl...(展开全部)

Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives. In the space of just twenty years, from October 1795 when as a young artillery captain he cleared the streets of Paris of insurrectionists, to his final defeat at the (horribly mismanaged) battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon transformed France and Europe. After seizing power in a coup d'état he end...(展开全部)

Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives. In the space of just twenty years, from October 1795 when as a young artillery captain he cleared the streets of Paris of insurrectionists, to his final defeat at the (horribly mismanaged) battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon transformed France and Europe. After seizing power in a coup d'état he end...(展开全部)

What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? In this inspired, thoughtful, deeply personal book, Orhan Pamuk takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader, revealing their intimate connections. Pamuk draws on Friedrich Schiller's famous distinction between "naive" po...(展开全部)

From the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, an inspired, thoughtful, and deeply personal book about reading and writing novels. In this fascinating set of essays, based on the talks he delivered at Harvard University as part of the distinguished Norton Lecture series, Pamuk presents a comprehensive and provocative theory of the novel and the experience of reading. Drawing on Fried...(展开全部)

What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? In this inspired, thoughtful, deeply personal book, Orhan Pamuk takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader, revealing their intimate connections. Pamuk draws on Friedrich Schiller's famous distinction between "naive" po...(展开全部)

From the Nobel Prize-winning novelist, an inspired, thoughtful, and deeply personal book about reading and writing novels. In this fascinating set of essays, based on the talks he delivered at Harvard University as part of the distinguished Norton Lecture series, Pamuk presents a comprehensive and provocative theory of the novel and the experience of reading. Drawing on Fried...(展开全部)

保罗·约翰逊（Paul Johnson）：英国资深记者、历史学家、作家，美国《时代周刊》（Time ）评选的2000年“百大影响力人物”之一。著有多部畅销书，其中《摩登时代》（Modern Times ）、《美国人的历史》（A History of the American People ）、《基督教的历史》（The History of Christianity ）等已被翻译成多国语言；长期为《纽约时报》（The New York Times ）、《华尔街日报》（The WallStreet Journal ）、《旁观者》（The Spectator ）等媒体撰写专栏。现居伦敦。

保罗·约翰逊（Paul Johnson）：英国资深记者、历史学家、作家，美国《时代周刊》（Time ）评选的2000年“百大影响力人物”之一。著有多部畅销书，其中《摩登时代》（Modern Times ）、《美国人的历史》（A History of the American People ）、《基督教的历史》（The History of Christianity ）等已被翻译成多国语言；长期为《纽约时报》（The New York Times ）、《华尔街日报》（The WallStreet Journal ）、《旁观者》（The Spectator ）等媒体撰写专栏。现居伦敦。