"The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba from Exile " Topic
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| Tango01 | 21 Mar 2019 9:03 p.m. PST |
…to Escape "In the spring of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. Having overseen an empire spanning half the European continent and governed the lives of some eighty million people, he suddenly found himself exiled to Elba, less than a hundred square miles of territory. This would have been the end of him, if Europe's rulers had had their way. But soon enough Napoleon imposed his preternatural charisma and historic ambition on both his captors and the very island itself, plotting his return to France and to power. After ten months of exile, he escaped Elba with just of over a thousand supporters in tow, landed near Antibes, marched to Paris, and retook the Tuileries Palace--all without firing a shot. Not long after, tens of thousands of people would die fighting for and against him at Waterloo…."
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| Esquire | 22 Mar 2019 11:16 a.m. PST |
It is a good book and easy to get thru. Nice casual read actually. |
| Tango01 | 22 Mar 2019 11:26 a.m. PST |
Thanks!. Amicalement
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