{"product_id":"the-invisible-emperor-napoleon-on-elba-from-exile-to-escape-paperback","title":"The Invisible Emperor: Napoleon on Elba from Exile to Escape - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Braude\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA gripping narrative history of Napoleon Bonaparte's ten-month exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 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, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBraude dramatizes this strange exile and improbable escape in granular detail and with novelistic relish, offering sharp new insights into a largely overlooked moment. He details a terrific cast of secondary characters, including Napoleon's tragically-noble official British minder on Elba, Neil Campbell, forever disgraced for having let \"Boney\" slip away; and his young second wife, Marie Louise who was twenty-two to Napoleon's forty-four, at the time of his abdication. What emerges is a surprising new perspective on one of history's most consequential figures, which both subverts and celebrates his legendary persona.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark Braude has been a postdoctoral research fellow and lecturer at Stanford University and was named a 2017 Public Scholar by the National Endowment for the Humanities. His writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Globe and Mail, The Los Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e. His first book, \u003ci\u003eMaking Monte Carlo: A History of Speculation and Spectacle \u003c\/i\u003ewas published in 2016. Mark lives in Vancouver with his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379781091506,"sku":"9780735222625","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2bb88b7f13101b4455fbb6480e296927.webp?v=1777770884","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-invisible-emperor-napoleon-on-elba-from-exile-to-escape-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}