Abstract
In this article, the writer introduces and analyzes the book "Josephine: A Life of the Empress" by Carolly Erickson. Specifically, the paper contains a review and summary of the book. The writer explains that "Josephine" covers the life of de Beauharnais Bonaparte, the Empress of France and wife of Napoleon. She was born Yeyette Tascher in Martinique, and she grew to be one of the most well-known and powerful women on earth. The writer notes that it was not an easy journey, which is one of the things that makes this central character so important and so interesting. How she came to be Empress is almost a fairy tale story, but her fall from grace makes it more of a melodrama and tragic tale of woe. The writer maintains that the author handles both quite well, for the most part.

From the Paper
"Josephine was Empress, but Napoleon never trusted her or loved her completely again. She gave up her lover, but he was still bitter, and he often treated her with cruelty or patronization. He took mistresses, treated her harshly, and criticized her for aging after she turned forty. As Napoleon gained more power, he became more ambitious, more dictatorial, and crueler, certainly to his wife.
"Josephine discovered him with another woman, and he became so furious he struck her and threatened to ban her from his homes. He actually told her that when she was no longer politically suitable for him, he would abandon her, and because she had nowhere else to go, now that she had abandoned her lovers, she stayed on. It was a low point in her life, and in their relationship."

Tags:Napoleon, France, Bonaparte, love

Abstract
This paper discusses how the world would be today if Napoleon had approached his conquest of Europe from a democratic point of view. The paper begins with a brief history and overview of Napoleon and his politics and then analyzes his rule in France and Europe from a democratic point of view.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Overview of Napoleon and His Politics
Hard to Be Humble When You Are Great
Napoleonic Rule in France from a Democratic Point of View
Democratization Through Conquest
Napoleonic Rule in Europe
The Downfall of Napoleon
France Today Based on President Napoleon
Conclusion

From the Paper
"Napoleon I (1769-1821) was the emperor of the French who consolidated and institutionalized many reforms of the French Revolution. Much like George Washington, he was one of the greatest military commanders of all time. Napoleon conquered the larger part of Europe and did much to modernize the nations he ruled. Napoleon was born on August 15, 1769, in Ajaccio, Corsica, and was given the name Napoleone (in French his name became Napoleon Bonaparte). He was the second of eight children of Carlo (Charles) Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino Buonaparte, both of the Corsican- Italian gentry. No Buonaparte had ever been a professional soldier. Carlo was a lawyer who had fought for Corsican independence, but after the French occupied the island in 1768, he served as a prosecutor and judge and entered the French aristocracy as a count. "Through his father's influence, Napoleon was educated at the expense of King Louis XVI, at Brienne and the Ecole Militaire, in Paris. Napoleon graduated in 1785, at the age of 16, and joined the artillery as a second lieutenant.""

Tags:toulon, josephine, de, beauharnais, aritocratic, elitist, temper, tantrums, commander