the terrifying story of how typhus killed Napoleon's greatest army
Talty, Stephan
Explores how typhus ended Napoleon's quest to rule the world, describing how the microscopic organism destroyed his military forces and their chances of conquering Russia and revealing how the microbe has influenced other aspects of world history.
In the early 1800s, President Jefferson sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe to France in order to purchase New Orleans, but Napoleon offered the whole Louisiana Territory.
Presents a biography of French military and political leader Napoleon Bonaparte, with maps, illustrations, primary source documents, a timeline, and a glossary.
Professor von Volt plans to send Geronimo and his time traveling friends back to King Solomon's court to borrow a ring that supposedly will restore harmony to Mouse Island and balance the environment--but they soon find themselves taking an unplanned detour through Napoleon's court, a Viking village, and the Minotaur's labyrinth, before finally arriving before the wise King.