Introduction vii
1 Paris, 1840
1(16)
2 Corsican Beginnings
17(24)
3 Son of the Revolution
41(28)
4 Bonaparte in Italy
69(24)
5 Lure of the Orient
93(22)
6 First Consul
115(30)
7 From Consulate to Empire
145(28)
8 Quest for Glory
173(22)
9 A Vision of Civil Society
195(22)
10 The Reinvention of Monarchy
217(24)
11 From the Peninsula to Leipzig
241(28)
12 The Hundred Days
269(26)
13 Years of Exile
295(18)
14 Life after Death
313(20)
Notes 333(38)
Bibliography 371(15)
Acknowledgements 386(3)
Index 389