Life of Napoleon Bonaparte - Narrative

Napoleon Bonaparte

1. I Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1768, in Ajaccio,on the Island of Corsica, and was given the name Napoleone (in French my name became Napoleon Bonaparte). I was the second of eight children of Carlo (Charles) Buonaparte and Letizia Ramolino Buonaparte, both of the Corsican-Italian gentry. No Buonaparte had ever been a professional soldier. Carlo, my father, was a lawyer who had fought for Corsican independence, but after the French occupied the island in 1768, he served as a prosecutor and judge and entered the French aristocracy as a count.
2. I was Emperor of the French and was considered one of the greatest military commanders of all time. I even conquered the larger part of Europe and did much to modernise the nations I ruled. Through my father's influence, I was educated at the expense of King Louis XVI, at Brienne and the École Militaire, in Paris. I graduated in 1785, at the age of 16, and joined the artillery as a se...