The Invisible Emperor

Napoleon on Elba

Mark Braude

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English

Profile
14 November 2018

Few historical figures are as well-known as Napoleon Bonaparte, and yet the Emperor's ten-month exile on the small island of Elba is virtually unexplored. Now, for the first time, we have a window into this critical moment when the most powerful man on earth turns defeat into one final challenge.

A close character study mixed with a world-shaking drama, The Invisible Emperor will show Napoleon as he's never before been seen: as heart-broken husband, civil engineer, interior decorator, gardener and spy master. It will show a man at his nadir rise up against the global odds to build a miniature island empire, turn his two greatest foes into his closest confidantes, and return to France without firing a single shot.

By: Mark Braude
Imprint: Profile
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main
Dimensions: Height: 240mm, Width: 162mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 714g
ISBN: 9781781258026
ISBN 10: 1781258023
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 14 November 2018
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Mark Braude is a lecturer in modern European history at Stanford and the author of Making Monte Carlo (Simon and Schuster)

Reviews for The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba

"Lively and insightful * TLS * Praise for Making Monte Carlo: Braude's fluent and fast-paced writing style is ideally suited to his subject matter, which is all about vision, speed of thought and execution... this is such an overlooked history - one that Belgian author Luc Sante justifiably describes in the book's blurb as being ""as capacious and dramatic as a 19th-century thriller"". * The Financial Times * A well-researched, dramatic rags-to-riches urban tale. * Kirkus Reviews *"