The trouble in the case of Napoleon was that he was surrounded by hostile forces on all sides.
Considering Napoleon started that war and pissed off the whole of Europe, of course, he was beset on all sides.
I get that Napoleon was French, but he destabilized Europe for most of his reign. The people that followed him put up guillotines and wrought iron Trees of Liberty in every town. Neighbor sold out neighbor and friend killed friend. He stirred up anarchy and in his hatred of Aristocracy, he killed other kings and nobility. Napoleon wasn't a hero.
You list all these heroes but don't mention, Beowulf
Honestly I forgot Beowulf, and Napoleon was a hero and also not. Napoleon was preceded not followed by the Revolution though, he put an end to the Reign of Terror, restored a sort of normality to France and instituted the necessary reforms to save her. The other powers instigated by the Jacobins and their successors did not like him either, and so went after him because he was an usurper. In some ways he was a hero in other ways not. I decided to list him as an example of Valour as he did have some semblance of it even as he did not.
But I really should have included Beowulf as you said, kind of annoyed I didn't come to think of it, darn I should have remembered him.
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The trouble in the case of Napoleon was that he was surrounded by hostile forces on all sides.
Considering Napoleon started that war and pissed off the whole of Europe, of course, he was beset on all sides.
I get that Napoleon was French, but he destabilized Europe for most of his reign. The people that followed him put up guillotines and wrought iron Trees of Liberty in every town. Neighbor sold out neighbor and friend killed friend. He stirred up anarchy and in his hatred of Aristocracy, he killed other kings and nobility. Napoleon wasn't a hero.
You list all these heroes but don't mention, Beowulf
Honestly I forgot Beowulf, and Napoleon was a hero and also not. Napoleon was preceded not followed by the Revolution though, he put an end to the Reign of Terror, restored a sort of normality to France and instituted the necessary reforms to save her. The other powers instigated by the Jacobins and their successors did not like him either, and so went after him because he was an usurper. In some ways he was a hero in other ways not. I decided to list him as an example of Valour as he did have some semblance of it even as he did not.
But I really should have included Beowulf as you said, kind of annoyed I didn't come to think of it, darn I should have remembered him.
It’s okay. You concentrated on French heros, and Beowulf isn’t a french hero.
But should have included Beowulf, he’s awesome.