Emperor's Body

by Peter Brooks

Book Overview

Philippe de Rohan-Chabot, an aristocratic young diplomat, is charged with bringing the body from the island prison where Napoleon died to a glorious tomb at Les Invalides in Paris. Chabot's rival is the aging diplomat and author Henri Beyle, known to posterity as Stendhal. The enigmatic and impulsive Amelia Curial must free herself from the shadow of her mother's scandalous loves and untimely death, and from the life of stale convention that her...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393079589
• ISBN13: 9780393079586
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.5"