{"product_id":"the-eagle-in-splendour-inside-the-court-of-napoleon-paperback","title":"The Eagle in Splendour: Inside the Court of Napoleon - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhilip Mansel\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"When I think of the great Emperor, in my mind's eye it is summer again, all gold and green.\" Heinrich Heine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe court of Napoleon I, in its grandeur and extravagance, surpassed even that of that the Sun King. Napoleon's palaces at Saint-Cloud and the Tuileries were the centres of his power, the dazzling reflection of the greatest empire in modern European history. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNapoleon's military conquests changed the world and dominate most portraits of him, but it was through the splendour of his court - a world fashioned beyond the battlefield - that Napoleon governed his empire. Using the unpublished papers of the Emperor's leading courtiers, and his second Empress Marie Louise, Philip Mansel brings to life the intoxicated world of a court 'devoured by ambition' as Stendhal called it: its visual magnificence and rigid hierarchy, mistresses, artists and manipulators. The life of the court illuminates the life of Napoleon himself and the nature of a personality that conquered half the world. Yet, he was in the end abandoned by his dynasty and courtiers, his past glories fading into lonely and ignominious exile.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Mansel, who has lived and taught in Paris, is one of Britain's leading historians of France and the Ottoman Empire. His first book, Louis XVIII, together with subsequent works such as Paris Between Empires, 1814-1852, established him as an authority on the later French monarchy. Mansel's acclaimed \u003ci\u003eConstantinople: City of the World's Desire\u003c\/i\u003e was described by William Dalrymple as 'An impeccably researched masterpiece of exquisite historical writing.' He currently lives in London, and is editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Court Historian\u003c\/i\u003e, journal of the Society for Court Studies (www.courtstudies.org).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51786615816480,"sku":"9780755645831","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/901fd080855297d62b607e777a9d65ca.webp?v=1780636755","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-eagle-in-splendour-inside-the-court-of-napoleon-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}