first edition Hardcover
2018 · New York
by Dwyer, Philip
New York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First U.K. Edition. Hardcover. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". xi, 390pp. Very mild rubbing, creasing, and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of unclipped dust jacket. Mild creasing to head of spine. Bound in black cloth over boards with spine lettered in silver. Very gentle bumps to head and tail of spine. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound.
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Vibrant and illuminating ... [Dywer] tells a fascinating tale' The TimesThis meticulously researched study opens with Napoleon no longer in power, but instead a prisoner on the island of St Helena. This may have been a great fall from power, but Napoleon still held immense attraction. Every day, huge crowds would gather on the far shore in the hope of catching a glimpse of him.Philip Dwyer closes his ambitious trilogy exploring Napoleon's life, legacy and myth by moving from those first months of imprisonment, through the years of exile, up to death and then beyond, examining how the foundations of legend that had been laid by Napoleon during his lifetime continued to be built upon by his followers. This is a fitting and authoritative end to a definitive work.(Publisher). (Inventory #: 16220)
ABOUT THIS BOOK:
Vibrant and illuminating ... [Dywer] tells a fascinating tale' The TimesThis meticulously researched study opens with Napoleon no longer in power, but instead a prisoner on the island of St Helena. This may have been a great fall from power, but Napoleon still held immense attraction. Every day, huge crowds would gather on the far shore in the hope of catching a glimpse of him.Philip Dwyer closes his ambitious trilogy exploring Napoleon's life, legacy and myth by moving from those first months of imprisonment, through the years of exile, up to death and then beyond, examining how the foundations of legend that had been laid by Napoleon during his lifetime continued to be built upon by his followers. This is a fitting and authoritative end to a definitive work.(Publisher). (Inventory #: 16220)
