Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba

Napoleon Bonaparte's ten-month exile on the island of Elba is explored in a new book, "The Invisible Emperor," providing a close character study and a look at his life as a husband, civil engineer, interior decorator, gardener, and spy master.

Format: Hardback
Length: 384 pages
Publication date: 27 September 2018
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd

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 a 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.

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 a 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.

Weight: 700g
Dimension: 235 x 166 x 38 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781781258026
Edition number: Main