Napoleon The First, An Intimate Biography by Walter Geer ~ Full Audiobook [biography]

Napoleon The First, An Intimate Biography by Walter Geer audiobook. Genre: biography Written a century after Napoleon's final defeat, Walter Geer's Napoleon The First, An Intimate Biography sets out to strip away both hero worship and demonization and to portray the man behind the legend. From a young Corsican outsider hungry for recognition, Napoleon Bonaparte rises through the upheavals of the French Revolution, wins startling victories that remake Europe, and learns to command not only armies but also opinion, law, and government. Geer follows the private pressures that shadow the public triumphs: the fierce pull of family, the complicated devotion to Josephine, the rivalries of brilliant subordinates, and the loneliness of a ruler who must trust few. As Napoleon forges an empire and then struggles to hold it together, every decision carries a personal cost, and every relationship becomes entangled with power. With a storyteller's pace and an eye for character, Geer balances campaign drama with court politics, showing how charisma, impatience, and relentless ambition can build a world and endanger it at the same time. The result is a portrait of strategy and temperament, and of a life that still provokes argument long after the cannons fall silent. For ad-free listening try our premium subscription Chapters (Approximate) (00:00:00) Chapter 00 (00:01:28) Chapter 01 (00:32:46) Chapter 02 (00:59:00) Chapter 03 (01:21:55) Chapter 04 (01:50:12) Chapter 05 (02:19:30) Chapter 06 (02:58:09) Chapter 07 (03:30:19) Chapter 08 (04:02:32) Chapter 09 (04:33:43) Chapter 10 (05:07:45) Chapter 11 (05:33:13) Chapter 12 (06:10:23) Chapter 13 (06:46:31) Chapter 14 (07:22:30) Chapter 15 (07:42:50) Chapter 16 (08:21:31) Chapter 17 (08:50:58) Chapter 18 (09:28:45) Chapter 19 (10:01:02) Chapter 20 (10:40:17) Chapter 21 (11:15:15) Chapter 22 (11:47:55) Chapter 23 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices