Alan Forrest is Professor of Modern History and Director of the Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, at the University of York. He works on modern French history, especially the period of the French Revolution and Empire, and on the history of modern warfare. He serves on the editorial boards of French History and War in History, and is a member of the advisory committee for Annales Historiques de la Revolution Francaise.

• Introduction. Paris, 1840. Corsican Beginnings. Son of the Revolution. Bonaparte in Italy. Lure of the Orient. First Consul. From Consulate to Empire. Quest for Glory. A Vision of Civil Society. The Reinvention of Monarchy. From the Peninsula to Leipzig. The Hundred Days. Years of Exile. Life after Death. Notes. Bibliography. Acknowledgements. Index.

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