CITIZEN EMPEROR: NAPOLEON IN POWER

'Napoleon's legend is so persistent that it confounds the historical reality in
the popular imagination. He himself contributed much towards the construction of
his own myth, from his youth even until after he fell from power, when, while i
n exile, he dictated his memoirs to a group of disciples who took down his every
word in the hope that his version of history would prevail. Such were Napoleon'
s skills as a chronicler that much of the legend is still unquestioningly accept
ed...' This second volume of Philip Dwyer's outstanding biography sheds further
fresh light on one of the great figures of modern history.