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Book Title: Napoleon: Life, Legacy, and Image: a Biography
Item Length: 9in.
Item Height: 1in.
Item Width: 7.2in.
Author: Alan Forrest
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Military / Napoleonic Wars, Europe / France, Historical
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 21.5 Oz
Number of Pages: 416 Pages
