Tracing <strong>Napoleon</strong>'s career, Frank McLynn begins with his Corsican roots, through the years of the French Revolution and the military triumphs, t... » 

Tracing Napoleon's career, Frank McLynn begins with his Corsican roots, through the years of the French Revolution and the military triumphs, to the coronation in 1804, and ultimate defeat and imprisonment. McLynn reveals how Napoleon was both existential hero and plaything of fate. «