More than a century after he stormed across Europe,Napoleon Bonaparte still enthralls. Now this towering figurereceives a fresh and eloquent reassessment from the distin-guished historian Paul Johnson. With masterly sweep,Napoleon follows its subject from the barren island of Corsicato his early training in Paris, from his meteoric victories andmilitary dictatorship to his exile on St. Helena and eventualdeath. In Napoleon's insatiable quest for power, Johnson seesa realist unfettered by patriotism or ideology. And he seesBonaparte's violent legacy in the totalitarian regimes of thetwentieth century. The result is a magnificent work that bearswitness to one individual's ability to work his will on his age.

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE

The Corsican Background

CHAPTER TWO

Revolutionary, General, Consul, Emperor

CHAPTER THREE

The Master of the Battlefield

CHAPTER FOUR

The Flawed and Fragile Empire

CHAPTER FIVE

The Graveyards of Europe

CHAPTER SIX

Elba and Waterloo

CHAPTER SEVEN

The Long Good-bye

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