{"product_id":"the-death-of-napoleon-9781590178423","title":"The Death of Napoleon","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Simon Leys is an excellent fabulist.\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart fable, part alternative history, Leys's brief, funny, and compulsively readable novel in which Napoleon escapes exile just before death is as deep and compelling as it is quirky and fresh \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs he bore a vague resemblance to the Emperor, the sailors on board the \u003c\/i\u003eHermann-Augustus Stoeffer\u003ci\u003e had nicknamed him Napoleon. And so, for convenience, that is what we shall call him.\u003cbr\u003eBesides, he \u003c\/i\u003ewas\u003ci\u003e Napoleon. . . .\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Napoleon has escaped from St. Helena, leaving a double behind him. Now disguised as the cabin hand Eugène Lenormand and enduring the mockery of the crew (Na­po­leon, they laughingly nickname the pudgy, hopelessly clumsy little man), he is on his way back to Europe, ready to make contact with the huge secret organization that will return him to power. But then the ship on which he sails is rerouted from Bordeaux to Antwerp. When Napoleon disembarks, he is on his own. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He revisits the battlefield of Waterloo, now a tourist destination. He makes his way to Paris. Mistakes, misunderstandings, and mishaps conduct our puzzled hero deeper and deeper into the mystery of Napoleon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590178423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.40d","brand":"Simon Leys","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925081559221,"sku":"9781590178423","price":11.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_25c98be0-d93b-4ff5-a146-c0da3d5651a4.jpg?v=1687845139","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-death-of-napoleon-9781590178423","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}