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Napoleon - In a Nutshell: 'In our time,' Napoleon once remarked.

Napoleon - In a Nutshell: The man who was to become Napoleon I, Emperor of the French.

Napoleon - In a Nutshell: In the short term however, Napoleon's visibility after Toulon.

This spectacular turnaround in Napoleon's professional prospects

In December 1797 Napoleon returned to Paris.

His timing was perfect.

Napoleon - In a Nutshell: As First Consul, Napoleon would apply to the rebuilding.

Napoleon - In a Nutshell: Perhaps most significant of all.

Napoleon - In a Nutshell: Meanwhile, however, the Peace of Amiens was already breaking.

Napoleon - In a Nutshell: So it was, that in the late summer of 1805.

Napoleon - In a Nutshell: With the end of the Fourth Coalition.

Napoleon - In a Nutshell: The years after Wagram saw the Spanish conflict drag on.

Napoleon - In a Nutshell: Napoleon would describe Borodino as 'the most terrible.'

Napoleon - In a Nutshell: When hostilities resumed.

Napoleon - In a Nutshell: Thus began the period known as the Hundred Days.