'...an elegant and engaging piece of alternative history, gently tragic and wryly comic...' Times literary supplement 'compelling, plausible, poignant, ironic...underlying meditation on fame, mortality, truth and history.' Canberra Times By means of an ingenious escape on an unlikely vessel, Napoleon has returned to Europe, experiencing en route bizarre adventures, not least a guided tour of the battlefield of Waterloo in the company of English tourists. Teasing, imaginative, superbly entertaining - this multi-prize ...
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'...an elegant and engaging piece of alternative history, gently tragic and wryly comic...' Times literary supplement 'compelling, plausible, poignant, ironic...underlying meditation on fame, mortality, truth and history.' Canberra Times By means of an ingenious escape on an unlikely vessel, Napoleon has returned to Europe, experiencing en route bizarre adventures, not least a guided tour of the battlefield of Waterloo in the company of English tourists. Teasing, imaginative, superbly entertaining - this multi-prize winning novel has been translated by Patricia Clancy and the author who has been described by The Age as 'a teller of tales who shapes and evokes realities wherever he puts his words.'
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Add this copy of The Death of Napoleon to cart. $10.48, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Baltimore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Halethorpe, MD, UNITED STATES, published 2002 by Picador USA.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good jacket. New York. 1992. Farrar Straus Giroux. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0374135657. Translated from the French by Patricia Clancy & The Author. 130 pages. hardcover. Jacket art-Detail from 'War: The Exile and the Rock Limpet (1842) by J.M.W. Turner. Jacket design by Cybthia Krupat. keywords: Napoleon Literature France Translated. DESCRIPTION-Napoleon has escaped St. Helena, but the impersonator he left in his place has unexpectedly passed away. Travelling incognito through the Continent, he experiences a series of bizarrre adventures that bring him face to face with the myth of Napoleon as it is disconcertingly played out in everyday life. Awarded the London Indepedent 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. inventory #17344.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First am. Very good or better in a Very good plus dust jacket; Book and dust jacket show slight bumping of corners/ends. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
