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Chronicles of Caesar's Wars: The First-Ever Translation Kindle Edition

by Napoleon I (Author), Louis Joseph Marchand (Preface), Arshan Barzani (Translator) Format: Kindle Edition
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For the first time ever, Napoleon's "Chronicles of Caesar's Wars" ("Précis des guerres de César") is available in English.

Dictated by Napoleon to Count Marchand, his valet, while in exile on St. Helena, Chronicles of Caesar's Wars explores Caesar's rise, his campaigns in Europe and North Africa, and the plot that killed him. Napoleon, who had a lifelong obsession with Caesar, wrote this book in one of his last acts. The work relaxed him, "tossing a few flowers on the path that was leading to the tomb," as Count Marchand's preface recalls.

Napoleon passionately explores Caesar’s battles in Gaul and during the Civil War. He concludes each chapter with observations, sometimes providing details, sometimes veering away from praise towards criticism, applying the insights of a military career and a healthy ego to explain what he would have done better. Napoleon ends the book with a remarkable defense of Caesar’s dictatorship. He takes apart his assassins’ justifications and the fault-finding of “good Plutarch the libeler” with such fervor that one can scarcely believe a gulf of two millennia stood between the two eminent men. In a sense, though, it was also a defense of his own government.

Attached to the book are previously untranslated essays in which Napoleon takes on the role of literary critic and philosopher. He criticizes Virgil’s Aeneid for butchering Homer’s Iliad, and Voltaire for unflatteringly depicting Mohammad, another of Napoleon’s heroes. He explores in another essay whether a man has the right to kill himself, an act we now know he had personally attempted.
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  • "One of history's greatest conqueror's thoughts on another of them ought to have been available before now. It's excellent." --Andrew Roberts, author of Napoleon: A Life
  • Its "accurate, crisp prose" unveils a work of "immense historic significance." --T. S. Allen, The National Interest

About the Author

Arshan Barzani is the translator of Chronicles of Caesar's Wars. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and the University of Oxford.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B076ZVK49R
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Clio Books; 1st edition (October 29, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ October 29, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 3020 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 161 pages
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Arshan Barzani is the translator of "Chronicles of Caesar's Wars," the very first translation of the book on Julius Caesar that Napoleon wrote in his twilight days on St. Helena.

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Zeddicus Junior
5.0 out of 5 stars Incisive and authentic analysis of Caesar by Napoleon
Reviewed in the United States on January 31, 2018
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Remarkably absorbing overview and analysis of Caesar's many wars
written by the general who is arguably 2nd only to Caesar: Napoleon Bonaparte.
Careful and accurate translation from the French gives us a sense of Napoleon's
own literary personality as well as his elucidation on Caesar and his wars.
Impressive and highly recommended. And the prompt shipping certainly helped.
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Bruce
5.0 out of 5 stars The first and extraordinary translation, a must read book ...
Reviewed in the United States on February 10, 2018
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The first and extraordinary translation, a must read book. Ancient Caesar's battles are very well expressed. Caesar was very kind to his own and ferocious against enemies, very fearless and never gave up.
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Genevieve
5.0 out of 5 stars WoW
Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2018
I am wholeheartedly impressed by how well Mr. Barzani tackled the task of being the first to translate this particular piece of writing. The writing and grammar are indeed, superb, in nature. The skill Mr. Barzani has in crafting words exceeds all expectations. Some may even compare him to the likes of Tolkien, Lewis, and perhaps even the Teletubbies. Incroyable! Vive l'empereur NAPOLEAN!
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