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May 5th, 2015, 3:55 pm
The Death of Napoleon by Simon Leys & Patricia Clancy
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Overview: This is a work of alternate history fiction from the New York Review Books Classics series. Originally published in France in 1986. Simon Leys is the pen name of Pierre Ryckmans. Translated by the author and Patricia Clancy.
Napoleon has escaped from St. Helena, leaving a double behind him. Now disguised as the cabin hand Eugène Lenormand and enduring the mockery of the crew (Napoleon, they laughingly nickname the pudgy, hopelessly clumsy little man), he is on his way back to Europe, ready to make contact with the huge secret organization that will return him to power. But then the ship on which he sails is rerouted from Bordeaux to Antwerp. When Napoleon disembarks, he is on his own.
He revisits the battlefield of Waterloo, now a tourist destination. He makes his way to Paris. Mistakes, misunderstandings, and mishaps conduct our puzzled hero deeper and deeper into the mystery of Napoleon.
Awarded the London Independent Foreign Fiction Award in 1991, this truculent, delightful fable tells of Napoleon's series of bizarre adventures which bring him face-to-face with his own myth, as it disconcertingly plays out his everyday life. A rare work of fiction that continually surprises.
Genre: Historical Fiction

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