The Hundred Days

by Joseph Roth

Book Overview

The incomparable Joseph Roth imagines Emperor Napoleon's last grab at glory, the hundred days spanning his escape from Elba to his final defeat at Waterloo. This particularly poignant work, set in the first half of 1815 and largely in Paris, is told from two perspectives, that of Napoleon himself and that of the lowly, devoted palace laundress Angelica--an unlucky creature who deeply loves him. In The Hundred Days, Roth refracts the deep sorrow...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0811222780
• ISBN13: 9780811222785
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.1"