Project Gutenberg 2018-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 327 Watson, Thomas E. (Thomas Edward) 1856 1922 Watson, Thomas Edward Watson, Tom Watson, Edward Thomas Watson, Thos. E. 12021871 Napoleon: A Sketch of His Life, Character, Struggles, and Achievements Produced by Turgut Dincer, Charlie Howard, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Napoleon: A Sketch of His Life, Character, Struggles, and Achievements" by Thomas E. Watson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This biography aims to present a comprehensive overview of Napoleon Bonaparte, detailing his life events, character traits, struggles, and accomplishments from his early years to his rise in power and later life. Watson endeavors to depict Napoleon through the lens of an average person, offering insight into the complexities of his legacy. The opening of the book introduces Corsica, Napoleon's birthplace, highlighting its tumultuous history filled with wars and struggles for independence. The narrative establishes a backdrop of the island's political dynamics, illustrating the resilience and relentless fight of its people against various foreign dominations. Here, Watson discusses the island's dramatic history leading up to the birth of Napoleon in a war-torn environment, infused with strong nationalist sentiments and legacies of local heroes that likely influenced the young Bonaparte. This contextual foundation sets the stage for the exploration of Napoleon's character and his eventual impact on France and the world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 68.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 DC Text Category: Biographies Category: History - European Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare 1386219 2025-07-22T15:01:39.789157 text/html 1361359 2018-04-29T06:40:08 text/html 2123973 2025-07-22T15:01:56.793608 application/epub+zip 2119534 2025-07-22T15:01:42.888137 application/epub+zip 664422 2025-07-22T15:01:41.394155 application/epub+zip 2417503 2025-07-22T15:02:07.307532 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2320496 2025-07-22T15:01:55.206570 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 871051 2022-08-25T16:23:40.450039 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1225107 2025-07-22T15:01:37.712227 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1225175 2018-04-29T06:40:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19152 2025-07-22T15:02:07.459552 application/rdf+xml 19713 2025-07-22T15:01:41.583144 image/jpeg 2449 2025-07-22T15:01:41.498136 image/jpeg 469229 2018-04-29T06:40:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 1840352 2018-04-29T06:40:10 application/octet-stream application/zip 1844361 2025-07-22T15:01:39.931185 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia