Mars 1796. La France est en guerre contre l'Angleterre et l'Autriche. A la tête de l'armée d'Italie, investie d'une mission de diversion et de pillage, Bonaparte passe les Alpes et s'enfonce dans la plaine du Pô. En butte aux tracasseries du Directoire qui le jalouse, sans moyens face à des armées trois fois plus importantes que la sienne, miné par le paludisme, surveillé de très près par les services secrets vénitiens, le jeune général se heurte à une tâche qui paraît impossible... et pou...

Where Tom Clancy meets NapoleonPhilippe Bornet, the brilliant author of this historical novel, a story of military strategy and written in true Clancy style, tells everything about the historical event that lead to Napoleon’s epic destiny.With a perfect balance of suspense and historical accuracy, the author gives an astonishing account of the siege of Toulon, the battle during which Bonaparte displayed his military genius for the first time and offered the young French Rep...

“Let the muse of history be silent, and make way for genetics.” Jean Tulard. “Fascinating.” Jean-Noël Fabiani, Professor Emeritus, Chair of the History of Medicine. Until recent years, many mysteries and rumors have surrounded Napoleon. Was Napoleon's body taken by the British and placed in Westminster Abbey? Was he poisoned with arsenic? Did he die of hereditary stomach cancer, as the English claimed, or of hepatitis and dysentery rampant on that unhealthy island? Was Napoleon III descend...