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. 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 have endured since his lonely death on
the Island of St Helena. Forrest cuts away the many layers of myth
that have grown up around Napoleon, a man who mixed history and
legend promiscuously. Drawing on original research and his own
distinguished background in French history, Forrest undercuts the
'Great Man' theory of history to demonstrate that Napoleon was as
much a product of his times as he was their creator.
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