Hailed as “the ultimate Napoleonic book” by Military Illustrated magazine, this is popular history at its most engrossing. Complete with facsimiles of key documents, it"s a vivid introduction to Napoleon"s astonishing career and his effect on world history. Best-selling author Richard Holmes brings the era"s great battles to life while he recounts in detail how Napoleon transformed the French nation, forging a pattern that shapes modern governments to this day.