The Mind of Napoleon: Max Gallo on the Emperors reading and thoughts
Explore Napoleon Bonaparte's mind through the reading list of historian Max Gallo. Discover the emperor's favorite books, from Machiavelli's The Prince to Montaigne's Essays, revealing the political philosophy and thoughts that shaped his rule. Delve into curated literary collections on Napoleon's inner world, strategy, and enduring legacy.
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Plutarch's lives / the Dryden translation, edited with preface by Arthur Hugh Clough ; introduction by James Atlas.
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The Complete Essays
by Michel de Montaigne
In 1572 Montaigne retired to his estates in order to devote himself to leisure, reading and reflection. There he wrote his constantly expanding 'essays', inspired by the ideas he found in books from his library and his own experience. He discusses subjects as diverse as war-horses and cannibals, poetry and politics, sex and religion, love and friendship, ecstasy and experience. Above all, Montaigne studied himself to find his own inner nature and that of humanity. The Essays are among the most idiosyncratic and personal works in all literature. An insight into a wise Renaissance mind, they continue to engage, enlighten and entertain modern readers.
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A Philosophical History of the Settlements and Trade of the Europeans in the East and West Indies
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The Prince
by Niccolo Machiavelli
Here is the world's most famous master plan for seizing and holding power. Astonishing in its candor The Prince even today remains a disturbingly realistic and prophetic work on what it takes to be a prince . . . a king . . . a president. When, in 1512, Machiavelli was removed from his post in his beloved Florence, he resolved to set down a treatise on leadership that was practical, not idealistic. In The Prince he envisioned would be unencumbered by ordinary ethical and moral values; his prince would be man and beast, fox and lion. Today, this small sixteenth-century masterpiece has become essential reading for every student of government, and is the ultimate book on power politics.
