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Publisher Annotation: Everyone knows the Battle of Waterloo was Napoleon Bonaparte's most crushing defeat, right? Well, some beg to differ. It seems there was another less famous (though perhaps more humiliating) surrender in his past. Let's call it Bunnyloo. In 1807, Napoleon had ordered his chief of staff to round up rabbits for a celebratory hunt, only, he collected domesticated rabbits, not wild ones. So, when the rabbits were released to begin the hunt, they didn't run away. Instead, they ran straight at Napoleon and his hunting party. Now, some might think Napoleon --- king overthrower, army commander, territory conqueror --- would only laugh at an advancing battalion of cute, fluffy bunnies. Think again!.

A biography of the French emperor Napoleon, chronicling his rise as a leader and fall from power.

"Published on the 200th anniversary of his death, [this book] is an unprecedented portrait of the emperor seen through his engagement with the natural world. One of the greatest generals in history, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) has for centuries attracted great male writers, who invariably identify with him. [The author] rejects the shibboleth of the "Great Man" theory of history, instead following the dramatic trajectory of Napoleon's life through gardens, parks, and forests, not through his battlefields [and] frames the general's life through the green spaces he created and the diverse cast of scientists, architects, family members, and gardeners who stood in the shadows of his meteoric rise and fall. His dealings with these people offer unguarded and unusual opportunities to see how Napoleon grafted the worst corruption of the Ancien R?gime into a new French Empire."--Provided by publisher.

1814. Napoleon has escaped his imprisonment on Elba. Britain is at war on four fronts. And at Stranje House, someone is sneaking information to his spies. Lady Jane Moore is determined to find out who it is. Jane tends to grasp the facts of a situation quickly, and by so doing, she's able to devise and implement a sensible course of action. Is Jane enough of a mastermind to save the brash young American inventor Alexander Sinclair, her friends at Stranje House, and possibly England itself?.

The author maintains that modern attitudes toward total war were conceived during the Napoleonic era; and argues that all the elements of total war were evident including conscription, unconditional surrender, disregard for basic rules of war, mobilization of civilians, and guerrilla warfare.

"It's 1814. In this alternate history, Napoleon has forced Europe to its knees, and now he plots to seize control of Britain . . . Maya Barrington, one of Miss Stranje's unusual girls, must act as a double agent and use her extraordinary gift of persuasion to thwart Napoleon's scheme. To protect the friends she now holds dear, and to keep Napoleon and his ruthless spies from destroying the world she has grown to love, Maya must enter this treacherous game on the arm of the ellusive Lord Kinsworth. She can read almost everyone--not so with this young rascal. Quick with a jest and armed with lethal charm, Kinsworth remains just beyond her reach. Can she trust him? With Britain's future at risk and those she loves in deadly peril, Maya questions everyitng she thought she understood about life, love, and loyalty"--Back cover.

Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of the Haitian Revolution and its role in Napoleon's decision to sell Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe the whole Louisiana Territory, when they sought to buy only New Orleans.

"A crocodile seeks revenge on Napoleon for taking him from his home, but instead becomes the talk of Venice high society"--Provided by publisher.

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.

An account of the Battle of Waterloo which includes the historical background and phases of the battle as well as the aftermath.