Needing Napoleon

Needing Napoleon is a novel that transports the reader to the Battle of Waterloo and beyond, exploring the question of whether history can be changed. Richard Davey, a history teacher, discovers a secret antiques shop that offers a chance to test his belief that Napoleon Bonaparte should have won the battle.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 336 pages
Publication date: 18 November 2021
Publisher: The Conrad Press

Needing Napoleon is a remarkable feat of imagination, an irresistible adventure that transports the reader from present-day Paris to the Battle of Waterloo and beyond. Can you change what has already happened? As a history teacher, Richard Davey knows the answer. At least, he thinks he does. On holiday in Paris, he stumbles across a curious antiques shop. The eccentric owner reveals a secret that Richard dare not believe. Richard's conviction that Napoleon Bonaparte should have won the Battle of Waterloo could be put to the test. Accurate historical detail collides with the paradox of time travel as an ordinary twenty-first-century man is plunged into the death throes of the French empire.

Needing Napoleon is a remarkable feat of imagination, an irresistible adventure that transports the reader from present-day Paris to the Battle of Waterloo and beyond. Can you change what has already happened? As a history teacher, Richard Davey knows the answer. At least, he thinks he does. On holiday in Paris, he stumbles across a curious antiques shop. The eccentric owner reveals a secret that Richard dare not believe. Richard's conviction that Napoleon Bonaparte should have won the Battle of Waterloo could be put to the test. Accurate historical detail collides with the paradox of time travel as an ordinary twenty-first-century man is plunged into the death throes of the French empire.

Weight: 292g
Dimension: 441 x 198 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781914913211