THE FALL OF THE THIRD NAPOLEON

A narrative which reads as easily as an historical novel, but is faithful to facts. Daily Telegraph The story is worked out like a film scenario, with cameras switching from court to street, from street to battlefield in a dramatic series. Mr. Aronson knows how to appeal to our visual imagination. Spectator One can only greet with pleasure a book on a historically most fertile theme that may be called a popular work of considerable appeal and relevance. History Today Mr. Aronson s style is clear and effective and not unduly overcoloured, while the portraits he draws of his unlucky protagonists are both sensible and sympathetic. Financial Times We shall have a lot of 1870 this year but I shall be surprised if anything is written which is much better than this. Books and Bookmen The year 1970 marks the centenary of one of the great turning-points in world history