NAPOLEON’S FAMILY
Book ID/图书代码： 00530014B73932
English Summary/英文概要： In Napoleon’s Family, Desmond Seward recounts the saga of these arriviste émigrés. The back-biting and bickering for honours among the Emperor’s siblings was often vicious, always entertaining, and an embarrassment to their brother. They showed no aptitude for governing or courage on the battlefield, only for self-indulgence. One brother was a drunken wastrel, another a venal womaniser, a third a paranoid depressive. The sisters had an insatiable appetite for lovers, among whom were Metternich and the violinist Paganani. The book is more than a scandalous family chronicle, however. It offers a penetrating view of Napoleon – a military genius who brought France to the height of glory, a far sighted ruler who initiated social and economic reforms, but a man who could not escape from his background or to control his own family.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在《拿破仑家族》一书中，Desmond Seward详述了这为来自科西嘉岛移民英雄的传奇。 对于这位法国历史上成就荣誉皇帝兄弟姐妹之中的恶语重伤，以及那些奇闻趣事，和兄弟之间的尴尬。 他们没有显示出像波拿巴那样的治理才能，或是在战场上的勇气，有的只是自我放纵。 一个兄弟是酒鬼浪子，另一个追逐女色的放浪之徒，第三个是偏执的狂妄压抑者。 姐妹们只知道疯狂地争逐恋人，在这之中有梅特涅和小提琴手Paganani。 这本书不仅是一部家庭耻辱记载册，而更多地可以让世人了解到拿破仑，一位将法兰西帝国推向荣誉极点，改造社会和经济的一位具有远见卓识的统治者，却无法摆脱自己家族背景和控制的军事天才。(Sandy)
Awards/获奖情况："With precision, wit and remarkable clarity, the author chronicles the intertwined lives of these tfhalf-savage squireens, scarcely more than peasants with coats of arms" through an all but unbelievable saga of vanity, stupidity and mindless greed ..." Washington Post
"Desmond Seward’s brief, witty and delightfully anecdotal popular history of Napoleon and his family sets the record straight ..." Atlantic Journal Constitution
"A wonderfully engaging tale of nepotism run wild ... A colorful lot, they live again here with all of their idiosyncracies in full bloom." Booklist
"The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte retold – and retold most engagingly – with emphasis on the greatest of all his many burdens …" The New Yorker
About the Author/作者介绍： 德斯蒙德•西沃德的父亲是威廉•埃里克•路易斯•苏华德，曾作为一名一战飞行员的一位法国爱尔兰裔实业家，父亲在巴勒斯坦的这段从军经历，为儿子日后的小说《沙漠雄鹰》提供了文学素材。出生于在巴黎一个历史悠久的波尔多家族的西沃德，在北约克郡的安浦福斯和剑桥的圣凯瑟琳学院受教。西沃德曾撰写过许多关于法国中世纪的历史作品，其发表的关于军事修世会亦被业界认为是这方面的权威之作。西沃德精通法语和意大利语，拉丁语，中世纪英语和诺曼法语。他主要研究国外区域地点的相关原始文献资料，并以此撰写了许多历史有关的书籍。他发表的作品已经被译成十国语言，其中包括希伯来语和日语。Desmond Seward was born in Paris and educated at Cambridge University. He is the author of Richard III: England’s Black Legend, The Monks of War, and The War of the Roses.
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Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：UK: Weidenfeld
US: Viking
Russia: Russitch
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