FOREWORD
Most Humble Readers:
I, Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the French, King of Italy, Protector of the Confederation of the Rhine, First Consul of France, MBA,* do require and suggest that you read this book.
It is wrong in places, bien sûr, but what do you expect in the brouillard de guerre—this we forgive from an auteur who with insight describes how I, Napoleon, visionary and leader, brought transformation to France. Was it not I who persuaded all of France to use the metric system? I who created the Code Napoleonic?† I who dissolved the Holy Roman Empire and unified Germany? I and no other who legalized divorce, ended the Inquisition, and began the fashion for the felt bicorn hat, one of which—please note this, business readers—was sold ...
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