फ्रेंच राज्यक्रांतीच्या पार्श्वभूमीवर नेपोलियनचा झालेला उदय... फ्रान्सचा पहिला कॉन्सल ते फ्रान्सचा बादशहा असा झालेला त्याचा प्रवास...नेपोलियनने लढलेल्या लढाया, त्यात मिळालेले यश-अपयश यांचा तपशील...इंग्लंडची त्याने केलेली आर्थिक कोंडी त्याच्यावर कशी उलटली, स्पेनच्या युद्धात त्याच्या अतिआत्मविश्वासाला स्पॅनिश लोकांनी कसा सुरुंग लावला या बाबींचा उल्लेख...नेपोलियनचा अस्त कसा झाला आणि त्याची अखेर कशी झाली...आधुनिक फ्रान्सचा निर्माता म्हणून त्याने आर्थिक, धार्मिक, शिक्षण क्षेत्रात केलेल्या सुधारणा, त्याने तयार केलेली घटना, लोककल्याणाची केलेली कामं... नेपोलियनमधील थोर प्रशासक, महान सेनापती इ. विविध अंगांनी नेपालियनचा वेध घेऊन तो मुत्सद्दी म्हणून कसा कमी पडला याची चर्चा, त्याच्या अस्ताची कारणमीमांसा केली आहे. त्याच्या मृत्यूनंतरही फ्रान्समधील त्याच्या लोकप्रियतेचा उल्लेख केला आहे. फ्रेंच राज्यक्रांती आणि नेपोलियनचं चरित्र यावर अभ्यासपूर्ण प्रकाश टाकणारं वाचनीय पुस्तक.
DR. JAYSINGRAO PAWAR IS RENOWNED AS A LEADING HISTORICAL RESEARCHER AND HISTORIAN IN MAHARASHTRA TODAY. HE OBTAINED M.A. HISTORY (GOLD MEDALIST) AND PH.D. (MARATHA HISTORY) DEGREES FROM SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY. HE WAS A POPULAR PROFESSOR IN THE EDUCATIONAL SECTOR FOR MORE THAN THREE DECADES. DURING THIS TIME, HE CONTINUED TO WORK IN THE FIELD OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH. THE HISTORY OF THE MARATHAS AND THE HISTORY OF MODERN MAHARASHTRA REMAINED HIS SPECIAL FIELD OF RESEARCH AND WRITING. HE PUBLISHED MORE THAN FORTY RESEARCH PAPERS IN THIS DOMAIN. HE CHAIRED MANY HISTORY CONFERENCES. HE BECAME THE FOUNDER-PRESIDENT OF THE AKHIL MAHARASHTRA HISTORY COUNCIL. UNDER HIS GUIDANCE, THIS COUNCIL HAS BEEN PROGRESSING CONTINUOUSLY FOR THE LAST THIRTY YEARS. HE HAS BEEN WORKING AS THE HONORARY DIRECTOR OF THE SHAHU RESEARCH CENTER AT SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY FOR THE LAST TWENTY YEARS. HE HAS EDITED MANY BOOKS THROUGH THIS RESEARCH CENTER.DR.PAWAR HAS WRITTEN MANY BOOKS BASED ON THE LIFE OF SHIVAJI MAHARAJ, SAMBHAJI MAHARAJ, RAJARAM MAHARAJ AND MAHARANI TARABAI. 'RAJARAMCHARITRA' AND 'TARABAICHARITRA' WERE HIS FIRST RESEARCH-BASED BIOGRAPHIES IN MARATHI. HIS GREATEST CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF MAHARASHTRA IS THE 'RAJARSHI SHAHU PANCHAKHANDATMAK SMARAK GRANTH' EDITED BY HIM. OUT OF THESE, SHAHUCHARITRA HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN KANNADA, KONKANI, TELUGU, URDU, HINDI, SINDHI, GUJARATI, BENGALI, ENGLISH, GERMAN, RUSSIAN, ITALIAN, ETC. IN THIS WAY, DR. PAWAR HAS SUCCEEDED IN TAKING THE BIOGRAPHY OF THIS GREAT MAN TO THE NATIONAL / INTERNATIONAL LEVEL. HE HAS RECEIVED MANY AWARDS FOR HIS WORK IN THE FIELD OF HISTORY AND HAS BEEN HONORED BY THE PRESIDENT TWICE. HE HAS RECEIVED THE YASHWANTRAO CHAVAN STATE LEVEL AWARD (2024) FROM YASHWANTRAO CHAVAN PRATISHTHAN, MUMBAI.