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Simon Leys
The Death of Napoleon
The Death of Napoleon
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A witty, ingenious alternative history imagining Napoleon's escape from exile and extraordinary return to Europe.
By means of an ingenious escape on an unlikely vessel, Napoleon returns to Europe, experiencing en route bizarre adventures, not least a guided tour of the battlefield of Waterloo in the company of English tourists.
Teasing, imaginative and superbly entertaining, The Death of Napoleon is a modern classic.
"An elegant and engaging piece of alternative history, gently tragic and wryly comic."D. J . Enright, Times Literary Supplement
"His exquisite tale, a gem of a book, can be read as a parable on the folly of hero-worship, the perils of self-justifying notions of destiny and the vanity of all human striving." Publisher's Weekly
With a new afterword by the author.
Winner of the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction (NSW Premier'sLiterary Awards), The Independent (UK) Foreign Fiction Award and the Victorian Premier's Award for Literary Translation
By means of an ingenious escape on an unlikely vessel, Napoleon returns to Europe, experiencing en route bizarre adventures, not least a guided tour of the battlefield of Waterloo in the company of English tourists.
Teasing, imaginative and superbly entertaining, The Death of Napoleon is a modern classic.
"An elegant and engaging piece of alternative history, gently tragic and wryly comic."D. J . Enright, Times Literary Supplement
"His exquisite tale, a gem of a book, can be read as a parable on the folly of hero-worship, the perils of self-justifying notions of destiny and the vanity of all human striving." Publisher's Weekly
With a new afterword by the author.
Winner of the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction (NSW Premier'sLiterary Awards), The Independent (UK) Foreign Fiction Award and the Victorian Premier's Award for Literary Translation
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