Who would have ever predicted that by the “1800’s a young lieutenant, who was barely French, would be master of France” (Maurois 5)? Napoleon Bonaparte was a military genius who won many wars and battles for France. Napoleon Bonaparte had a huge impact on all of France and numerous other countries around Europe. He had many great accomplishments, two of which were his positions as First Consul and Emperor. Napoleon was a military genius, known for …showed first 75 words of 1135 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1135 total…provinces under enemy control (Herold 392). Through all of this, Napoleon’s ideas were proven premature. Who would have predicted that by the “1800’s a young lieutenant, who was barely French, would be master of France” (Maurois 5)? Bibliography Herold, J. Christopher. The Age of Napoleon. New York: American Heritage Publishing CO., INC., 1963. Maurois, Andre. Napoleon and His World. New York, NewYork: The Viking Publishing Press, 1964. Weidhorn, Manfred. Napoleon. New York, New York: Antheneum Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986.