The popular image [in England] of Bonaparte as a blood-stained tyrant and bandit was admittedly exaggerated, but instinct told even the most radical among the English that if liberty, equality, and justice were ever to come to their shores, it certainly was not Napoleon who would bring them there.
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About J. Christopher Herold, The Age of Napoleon
J. Christopher Herold, The Age of Napoleon.
Themes
- Freedom — The value of liberty, independence, and self-determination