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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Strauss-Schom, Alan, author.     Subjects     Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.     Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 -- Influence.     Emperors -- France -- Biography.     France -- History -- 1848-1870.     France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Strauss-Schom, Alan, author.       by title:      The shadow emperor :...         MARC Display

The shadow emperor : a biography of Napoléon III / Alan Strauss-Schom. by Strauss-Schom, Alan, author. New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018. Subjects Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873.   Napoleon III, Emperor of the French, 1808-1873 -- Influence.   Emperors -- France -- Biography.   France -- History -- 1848-1870.   France -- History -- Second Empire, 1852-1870. ISBN:  9781250057785 (hardcover) : 1250057787 (hardcover) : Description:  x, 496 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm Edition:  First edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  "A breakout biography of Louis-Napoleon III, whose controversial achievements have polarized historians. Considered one of the pre-eminent Napoleon Bonaparte experts, Pulitzer Prize-nominated historian Alan Strauss-Schom has turned his sights on another in that dynasty, Napoleon III (Louis-Napoleon) overshadowed for too long by his more romanticized forebear. In the first full biography of Napoleon III by an American historian, Strauss-Schom uses his years of primary source research to explore the major cultural, sociological, economical, financial, international, and militaristic long-lasting effects of France's most polarizing emperor. Louis-Napoleon's achievements have been mixed and confusing, even to historians. He completely revolutionized the infrastructure of the state and the economy, but at the price of financial scandals of imperial proportions. In an age when "colonialism" was expanding, Louis-Napoleon's colonial designs were both praised by the emperor's party and the French military and resisted by the socialists. He expanded the nation's railways to match those of England; created major new transoceanic steamship lines and a new modern navy; introduced a whole new banking sector supported by seemingly unlimited venture capital, while also empowering powerful new state and private banks; and completely rebuilt the heart of Paris, street by street. Napoleon III wanted to surpass the legacy of his famous uncle, Napoleon I. In The Shadow Emperor, Alan Strauss-Schom sets the record straight on Napoleon III's legacy."--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Adult New Books 944.07092 Napoleon III St missing from shelf Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Biography B Napoleon III St Checked In Add Copy to MyList Kapolei Public Library Adult Biography B NAPOLEON III St Checked In Add Copy to MyList Mililani Public Library Adult Biography B Napoleon III St Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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