UPSC History Optional · Paper II · 1992 · Q5(b) · 20 marks
‘Napoleon was the child of the Revolution, but in many ways he reversed the aims and principles of the movement from which he sprang.’
- Chapter
- Origins of Modern Politics
- Topic
- Napoleon: Reforms and Legacy
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