Napoleon

<b>&#147;Markham has achieved a startlingly vivid and coherent picture of Napoleon&#146;s career of the social and intellectual influences that molded it and of the men and forces that opposed it. The military events the political movements the personal intrigues&#151;all appear each in its proper place and perspective.&#148;&#151;<i>Los Angeles Times</i></b><br><br>This magnificent reconstruction of Napoleon&#146;s life and legend written by a distinguished Oxford scholar is based on intimate documents&#151;including the personal letters of Marie-Louise and the decoded diaries of Grand Marshal Bertrand who accompanied Napoleon to his final exile on St. Helena. It has been hailed as the most important single-volume work in Napoleonic literature.