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Susan Jaques is a journalist specializing in art. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA. She is the author of A Love for the Beautiful: Discovering America's Hidden Art Museums and The Empress of Art: Catherine the Great and the Transformation of Russia. She lives in Los Angeles, California, where she's a gallery docent at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
An excellent history. Jaques's rich work of scholarship will delight lovers of art and Napoleon aficionados, as it sheds much new light on a previously underexplored dimension of the French emperor. Susan Jaques sweeps through the artistic history of Napoleonic Europe with the verve, enthusiasm, and exuberance the subject deserves. She brings to it her deep erudition, together with the sense of wonder--sometimes awe-struck, sometimes appalled--that Napoleon's vast, often vainglorious cultural ambitions require. Jaques adds to this a profound grasp of the Roman influences on the age. Simply stirring.--Michael Broers, author of Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny A massively ambitious compilation of history and stuff that will appeal to students of Napoleon and art history buffs. The Caesar of Paris by ?Susan Jaques is a fascinating cultural history of Napoleon's relationship with antiquity--and how it shaped Paris's artistic landscape.--Andrew Roberts, New York Times bestselling author of Churchill: Walking With Destiny
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