{"product_id":"napoleon-and-his-marshals-by-andrew-roberts-9780241711354","title":"Napoleon and his Marshals","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe story of the elite generals who built up - and ultimately ruined - one of the greatest warriors in history, from the award-winning, \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eChurchill\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eNapoleon\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1804, immediately after his coronation as Emperor, Napoleon created the Marshalate, the supreme martial rank of the empire. Over the next decade, he elevated to it some of his most outstanding generals, who played leading roles in his extraordinary campaigns - including the brave Ney, the flamboyant Murat, the vain Massena, the iron Davout and the logistics master Berthier.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome of them were sons of aristocrats, others of innkeepers or coopers, but all carried the baton of a Marshal of France. Andrew Roberts masterfully captures their personalities and ambitions, capacities and rivalries. But unlike Lincoln, who forged a team of rivals, Napoleon created a nest of vipers whose lust for glory descended into destructive competitiveness and mutual recrimination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor all his inspiring qualities as a leader, he manipulated and controlled those whose loyalty he most needed to survive, and ultimately only two of them rode beside him at Waterloo.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis dramatic and hugely enjoyable book by one of Britain's most admired historians is by far the fullest account of these brilliant figures and their fiery relationships with their master.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976730198252,"sku":"9780241711354","price":100.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780241711354-napoleon-and-his-marshals.jpg?v=1784697795","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/napoleon-and-his-marshals-by-andrew-roberts-9780241711354","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}