Description: The never-before told story of how Napoleon's top brass escaped to America after Waterloo. Empire's Eagles is colorful, new, and an effectively unknown chapter in American history. In its center is the mystery of whether Napoleon's "Bravest of the brave," Marshal Ney, cheated a firing squad to escape under an alias and reinvent himself in America.At sunset on June 18, 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte was in desperate flight from the battlefield at Waterloo. Racing to reach Paris, he abandoned on the road his armored coach and Imperial necessaire containing a fortune in precious gems and cash. Would he stand and fight again or flee to the United States of America? On the run and with his options dwindling by the day, Napoleon came within one hour of secretly slipping to America on a Baltimore privateer with the active collusion of the United States consul in Bordeaux. Empire's Eagles tells the details of this story for the first time ever.
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EAN: 9781633886544
UPC: 9781633886544
ISBN: 9781633886544
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Book Title: Empire's Eagles : the Fate of the Napoleonic Elite in America
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, T.H.E.
Publication Year: 2021
Topic: Military / Napoleonic Wars, United States / 19th Century, Modern / 19th Century, United States / General
Item Height: 1.3 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: History
Item Weight: 0 Oz
Author: Thomas E. Crocker
Item Length: 9.3 in
Item Width: 6.5 in
Format: Hardcover
