Napoleon Bonaparte (August 15, 1769-05/1821) is one of the most talented and outstanding generals in world history. Napoleon's life and talent are an endless source of inspiration for thousands of books that were born over the past two centuries.
Growing up in a family of 8 children on the island of Corsica (the land used to be Italian, later sold by the Genoa government to France), from an early age, Napoleon revealed the nature of a talented general and political of France compared to brothers and sisters in family and friends.
A boy who is passionate about reading and forgetting to eat and playing his favorite games with friends, Napoleon has really become a great "giant" in the army and French politics with the peak of the throne. French Emperor (1804-1815) with the name of Napoleon I.
To better understand Emperor Napoleon, read the article sharing about Napoleon Bonaparte's childhood facts of this outstanding man.
One of the things that stands out in Napoleon's letter is his deep and consistent concern for his family.
Whether it was his mother's property at Corse, the education of brothers, or the prospect of marriage for sisters, he constantly sought to protect and promote the Bonaparte family.
The Talented General with a Permanent Love for Family
He once wrote to his brother Joseph, "You are the only one on this earth to whom I give sincere and permanent love." The pattern of working hard to promote his family's interests harmed his own interests later on.
Originating from an Italian island, Napoleon later faced countless criticisms from his detractors.
"This can be attributed to the dark part in his personality, which has a lot of things of Italian betrayal than the open and vivid of the French," wrote William Burdon, one of the British authors who wrote the first biography of Napoleon.
Similarly, in November 1800, journalist William Cobbett described Napoleon as "a lowly background from the despicable Corse Island!"
When the French Senate proposed for Napoleon to become Emperor in 1804, Count Jean-Denis Lanjuinais commented: "What! Perhaps you resigned to the owners of their land because a race of Romans did not even use them as slaves?
Because he was Corsican, it was thought that Napoleon would hold a grudge, but no document noted that the Bonaparte family did it, and Napoleon was especially kind to some people who betrayed him, such as Minister of Diplomacy Charles Maurice de Talleyrand and Police Minister Joseph Fouché.
A Very Different Child, Revealing "Outstanding" from Childhood
Napoleon suffered from a dry cough as a child; this may be a mild symptom of tuberculosis that was not detected. The death surgery after his death showed that his left lung had a trace of tuberculosis that had already been recovered for long ago.
However, the familiar image is still known about a weak child who is crouched to be compatible with the nickname in his family, "Rabulione" or the person who causes trouble.
Considering the little of reliable documents, most of Napoleon's early stages will remain conjecture, but it is difficult to deny that he read books very early and very often and that he was interested in history and biography from an early age.
Letizia Ramolino (Napoleon's mother) once told a minister in the government that his son "never participated in the games of the children of the same age, it was always careful to stay away from them and find for themselves. A small room on the third floor of the house, staying there and rarely down, even to eat with the family.
Above it, it reads "non-stop, especially for historical books. Napoleon announced that he was 9 years old, and he read the book La Nouvelle Hélose (the new Hélose) by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, an 800-page novel about love and price, and said: "It has changed its mind."
"I have no doubt about the strong influence of reading early on his trend and his childhood personality," his brother Joseph later recalled.
Napoleon's brother was said in elementary schools when students were asked to sit under the Roman flag or the Carthage flag. Napoleon always insisted on changing his brother and insisted on not joining Carthage. (Despite being 18 months younger than Joseph, Napoleon has always had a stronger will.)
Napoleon frequently urged his senior officers to "read again and again about the campaigns of Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Julius Caesar, Gustavus Adolfus, Hoang Tha Eugene, and Frederick the Great" while shocking Europe with the Napoleonic Wars.
This is the only way to become a great general. Ancient history provided him with an encyclopedia on military and political tactics, and the quotes he would draw on for the rest of his life.
This inspiration was so profound that when he sat as a drawing model, he sometimes put his hand in his coat, imitating the Romans wearing a toga.
Napoleon's native language is Corse, a local dialect quite similar to Genoa.
He learned to read and write Italian in school and French when he was nearly 10 years old, the language he always spoke with a heavy Cort voice, with "Ou" for "EU" or "u," which caused him to be teased at school and in the army.
Architect Pierre Fontaine, who decorated and refurbished Napoleon's palaces, once thought, "I can't believe a person in his position," said with such a heavy sound.
Napoleon is not very proficient in grammar or French pronunciation, whether there is a standardization of pronunciation or not. This is not very important, and he never encountered any difficulties making others understand him.
Napoleon's childhood was often described as a whirlpool of anxiety, but his first nine years of life in Ajaccio passed simply and happily between family, friends, and several servants in the house.
The above article is synthesized from the book "Napoleon the Great" by Andrew Roberts.
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