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Forrest, Alan I.

Napoleon / Alan Forrest. - London : Quercus, 2011. - xii, 403 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-385) and index.

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 stirred would serve to further destabilize a country that had struggled for order and direction since he had been sent into exile. In this book, Alan Forrest, tells the remarkable story of how the son of a Corsican attorney became the most powerful man in Europe, a man whose charisma and legacy endured after his lonely death many thousands of miles from the country whose fate had become so entwined with his own. Along the way, Alan Forrest also cuts away the many layers of myth and counter myth that have grown up around Napoleon, a man who mixed history and legend promiscuously and, drawing on original research and his own distinguished background in French history, demonstrates that Napoleon was as much a product of his times as their creator.

ISBN: 9781849164108 (hbk.) 9781780872506 184916410X (hbk.)

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB159798 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015809618 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emperors--France--Biography.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
France--History--Consulate and First Empire, 1799-1815.

Dewey Class. No.: 944.05092