Napoleon: The End of Glory

by Munro Price

Book Overview

On April 20, 1814, after a dizzying series of battles, campaigns, and diplomatic intrigues, a defeated Napoleon Bonaparte made his farewell speech to the Old Guard in the courtyard of the Chateau de Fontainebleau and set off for exile on the island of Elba. Napoleonic legend asserts that the Emperor was brought down by foreign powers determined to destroy him and discredit his achievements, with the aid of highly placed domestic traitors. Others...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199934673
• ISBN13: 9780199934676
• Release Date: September 2014
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.3"