France, a Rich Place of Great Personalities.
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HISTORICAL
BIOGRAPHY
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE
“Never interrupt
your enemy, when he is making a mistake.”
Do you know who
Napoleon Bonaparte is? If you don’t know anything about his life, in the
following biography you will find many interesting things that happened in his
life, for example how he became an important person not only in French but in
Europe, and some information about how successful his military life was.
Napoleon was
born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, France. His parents were Carlo Maria di
Bonaparte and Maria Letizia Ramolino. He was the four of eleven children.
Napoleon began his education at a boys´ school in Ajaccio. When he was ten
years old, he was allowed to enter French Military School for aristocrats. And
he was sent, with his older brother Joseph, to the college of Autun in Burgundy,
France, in 1779. Then, Napoleon was transferred to another college that was a
French Military School but in this school Napoleon has some problems, when he
arrived there because he was made fun of by the other students for his lower
social standing and because he spoke Spanish and he didn’t know French well.
Furthermore he was very small size, and he got the nickname of the “little
corporal.” After that Napoleon received an excellent education, but when his
father died, Napoleon led his household. Napoléon had two wives. Firstly he was
married with Josephine on March 9th, 1796 in Paris, France. Then, he married
Mary Louise on April 2, 1810 in Paris, France.
Napoleon is one
of the most famous military and political leaders in history. His political
achievements are many and they alone have filled whole books. His military
achievements which are no less remarkable changed the perspective of Europe
forever and brought a new era of warfare, of the nation at arms. Napoleon was a
complex man, who at the start of his career was constructive and took France to
new heights of power, but by the end brought years of war and destruction.
Worshipped by his followers and seen as an ogre by his enemies, his boundless
enthusiasm and limitless ambition are hard to resist. His glory as a military
commander is paramount. But hundreds of thousands died for his ambition which
had an appetite that could not be satisfied even when he conquered most of
Europe and beyond, and proclaimed himself Emperor of a country which had started
out as a revolutionary republic. By this situation Napoleon built his defeat as
emperor. His first defeat was at the hands of the Duke of Wellington, bringing
an end to the Napoleonic era of European history. After napoleon was literally
defeated, he returned to Paris and abdicated on June 22, in favor of his son.
He decided to leave France before counterrevolutionary forces could rally
against him. And on July 15, he surrendered to British protection at the
Rochefort port. He hoped to be sent to the United States, but the British
instead of sending him there, they sent him to Saint Helena, a remote island in
the Atlantic off the coast of Africa. Napoleon protested but he had no other
choice than accepting the exile. With a group of followers, he lived quietly on
St. Helena for six years. In May 1821, he died, most likely of stomach cancer.
He was only 51 years old.
Napoleon
Bonaparte was one of the most important personalities around the word because
in his earlier years he became in an important military in France. Nobody could
think that his main perspectives would change at the end, but he was the person
who changed the military life of France. He was the first emperor of that
country because of his proper ambition to dominate all Europe. That was the principal
reason because Napoleon began to pull down his empire. He was not only one of the
most important personalities, but also the best military strategist around the world. And
this is the reason why I chose this person to write a biography. Besides his
spirit of a fighter, inspires to fight for everything important to us in life.
By José Salvador Salazar Escobar.
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