Robert P. Givens is a Louisville, Kentucky entrepreneur who guides RPG Consulting, LLC, and provides a host of solutions in areas such as corporate management and leadership. Passionate about history, Robert P. Givens has a particularly strong interest in events of the Napoleonic period.
Born into minor nobility in Corsica, Napoleon Bonaparte grew up in a family led by an entrepreneurial father who wound up deeply in debt when a silkworm mulberry plantation failed. One of eight children of an energetic and pious mother, Napoleon was sent from Corsica to attend military school in France at age nine and did not return to Corsica for nearly a decade.
Napoleon’s years at Brienne-le-Chateau studying political and military history were challenging, as he had status as an outsider who earned a scholarship to attend the school. Immersed in a spartan lifestyle, Napoleon was a loner who overcame intense bullying and had a passion for geography and history.
The first Corsican to graduate from Paris’ Military Academy, Napoleon was initially stationed as an artillery officer and was known for reading voraciously. He paid particular focus on understanding the concepts of a mobile army developed in the wake of France’s defeat in the Seven Years’ War.
Born into minor nobility in Corsica, Napoleon Bonaparte grew up in a family led by an entrepreneurial father who wound up deeply in debt when a silkworm mulberry plantation failed. One of eight children of an energetic and pious mother, Napoleon was sent from Corsica to attend military school in France at age nine and did not return to Corsica for nearly a decade.
Napoleon’s years at Brienne-le-Chateau studying political and military history were challenging, as he had status as an outsider who earned a scholarship to attend the school. Immersed in a spartan lifestyle, Napoleon was a loner who overcame intense bullying and had a passion for geography and history.
The first Corsican to graduate from Paris’ Military Academy, Napoleon was initially stationed as an artillery officer and was known for reading voraciously. He paid particular focus on understanding the concepts of a mobile army developed in the wake of France’s defeat in the Seven Years’ War.
