Napoleon: Life, Legacy, and Image: A Biography

by Alan Forrest

Book Overview

From Alan Forrest, a preeminent British scholar, comes an exceedingly readable account of the man and his legend On a cold December day in 1840 Parisians turned out in force to watch as the body of Napoleon was solemnly carried on a riverboat from Courbevoie on its final journey to the Invalides. The return of their long-dead emperor's corpse from the island of St. Helena was a moment that Paris had eagerly awaited, though many feared that the memories...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1250009030
• ISBN13: 9781250009036
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 403 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.5" x 9.4"