The rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte

Ever since 1821, when he died at age fifty-one on the forlorn and windswept island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte has been remembered as either demi-god or devil incarnate. In The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the first volume of a two-volume cradle-to-grave biography, Robert Asprey instead treats him as a human being. Asprey tells this fascinating, tragic tale in lush narrative detail. The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte is an exciting, reckless thrill ride as Asprey charts Napoleon's vertiginous ascent to fame and the height of power. Here is Napoleon as he was-not saint, not sinner, but a man dedicated to and ultimately devoured by his vision of himself, his empire, and his world. Ever since 1821, when he died at age 51 on the forlorn and windswept island of St Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte has been remembered as either demi-god or devil incarnate. In "The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte", Robert Asprey instead treats him as a human. "Chronicles the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, providing information on his childhood, his involvement in the French Revolution, his political aspirations, his personal relationships, and other related topics." Robert Asprey charts Napoleon's thrilling, reckless rise to power in this fast-paced first volume of the definitive biography of the fascinating, enigmatic, and still mysterious tragic conqueror