"One of several brilliant generals created by the French Revolution, Bonaparte’s genius was acting the part and having someone handy with a brush around to immortalise the moment. More than his French rivals—Hoche, Jourdan, or Moreau—the wily Corsican grasped that publicity in Paris mattered more than battlefield realities. We still see him refracted through the propaganda he commissioned and, equally, that of those who despised him."
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