The Story of Napoleon

 

Title- The Story of Napoleon 
Author/Retold- L. Du Garde Peach
Illustrated by John Kenney 
Genre- nonfiction/biography 
Grade level- 7th grade-12th grade

The story begins Napoleon being born in Corsica, France. He was sent to military school and was bullied in school because he was poor. Napoleon had an amazing memory and has a skill for military strategy. He became a sub-lieutenant of an artillery regiment and then promoted to captain. His home island was in a revolt and they sent him to stop it. He helped his family leave the island and gave them a home in France. The French Revolution started and Napoleon helped to get back a  port. After winning the port, Napoleon was promoted to brigadier and was put into many other campaigns. He came back to France and had to put down an armed revolt. He was made a general and married Josephine de Beauharnais. He started a new campaign in Italy and helped refill the French treasury. They were still at war with Britain and they were fighting all over Europe and Egypt. During that time, Napoleon was named The First Consul or Master of France. He later signed a peace treaty with Britain and Austria. He then became emperor of France and he again fought with Britain. He was at war again with Austria and Napoleon won and he made the Austrian king give his daughter up for marriage. Napoleon focused his power in Russia, but had to restore at because of the harsh winter. He was no longer emperor or France and was exiled to Elba. He escaped Elba and all of the soliders wanted him back as their leader and they did. He started to fight England again, but there were many mistakes made and he lost at Waterloo. He then was sent to St. Helena where he spent the last of his days.

This picture book is a very in-depth telling of Napoleon’s life. This would be a very good resource if you were spot lighting important people in World History. It could also be used by students to research for information about Napoleon. It is at a level where a 7th or 8th grader could read it and from there all the way up to 12th grade, this book could be used in a classroom for teaching or activitiy purposes.


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