585 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-553) and index.
Summary
Draws on the newly available personal archives of Napoleon in a first volume of a two-part biography of the iconic French emperor and conqueror that shares firsthand insights into his intense emotions, Corsican roots, early military career and early 19th-century mastery of Europe.