{"product_id":"9781590178423","title":"The Death of Napoleon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAs he bore a vague resemblance to the Emperor, the  sailors on board the \u003c\/i\u003eHermann-Augustus Stoeffer\u003ci\u003e had nicknamed him Napoleon. And so, for convenience, that is what we shall call him.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e     Besides, he \u003c\/i\u003ewas\u003ci\u003e Napoleon. . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNapoleon 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47055082160368,"sku":"9781590178423","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590178423_p0.jpg?v=1763802016","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590178423","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}