{"product_id":"9781847496782","title":"Aphorisms","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAphorisms\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Napoleon Bonaparte\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSpurred by a lifelong fascination with the great emperor, French novelist Honoré de Balzac set himself the pains­taking task of collecting a selection of Napoleon's aphorisms from his public speeches and the gazettes of the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArranged into four themes (covering social life, the military arts, the exercise of power and the teachings of experience and misfortune), Napoleon's pithy pills of wisdom – often Machiavellian, cynical, dry and sometimes cruel – offer a unique insight into the mind of a man who prided himself on preferring action over thought and the sword over the pen, and conjure up one of the most eminent and influential historical figures of all time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781847496782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Alma Classics","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40652322537678,"sku":"9781847496782","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781847496782","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}