Includes bibliographical references (p. 349-370) and index.
Contents
Prologue: Paris 1809 -- Born to count -- In the black -- A good revolution -- Saved by a passport -- America -- Encounter with a warrior -- Minister of civilisation -- Napoleon breaks his leash -- England's baggage -- Austerlitz - and Trafalgar -- The quartermaster's two-step -- Disgrace -- Tea with the tsar -- A stockingful of mistrust -- 1812 -- A conqueror's fall -- 'One more Frenchman' -- the congress of Vienna -- Waterloo -- National grouch -- Last performance.
