The Allure of Empire

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Summary: Wicked Sweetest Book in the Galaxy
Review: This book is the most Wicked Sweetest Book in the Galaxy! Go Art! Go Todd!

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Summary: An interesting read on Art propaganda and Mythology
Review: This is an academic treatment on the use of propaganda, chiefly art and monuments, in glorifying the Napoleonic exploits and being used to further France's continuing imperial pursuits. The text is quite readable and the book is graced by some good looking but rather kitschy pictures, many drawn by the leading Romantic painters of their day. These pictures and paraphernalia collectively led France to continue revelling in the Napoleonic myth long after the legend had passed on.
The notes and bibliography take up more than a third of the book!