LA CHUTE DE NAPOLEON

A powerful and groundbreaking history of Napoleon and the imperial saga.

From 2002 to 2009, Dominique de Villepin wrote an inspired trilogy which received an enthusiastic response from readers and critics. - Les cent jours ou l'esprit de sacrifice (The 100 Days or the Spirit of Sacrifice) retraces the youth of Bonaparte and his rise to power, from the Lodi victory to the Tilsitt triumph. It was awarded the Prix des Ambassadeurs and Grand Prix de la Fondation Napoléon). - Le soleil noir de la puissance.1796-1807 (The Black Sun of Power) is the implacable account of the crisis and the fall of the Great Empire. - La chute ou l'empire de la solitude. 1807-1814. (The Fall or the Empire of Solitude) is the fascinating tale of the Emperor's fall, from Waterloo to his last exile in Saint- Hélène. Dominique de Villepin has served as Secretary-General of the Elysée palace, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of the Interior, and Prime Minister.