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Ernesto Ferrero (born 1938)
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May 1814: the plump, frightened man who lands on Elba looks like any merchant come to Portoferraio on business. He is Napoleon Bonaparte, and this small island of fishermen, farmers and miners is all that remains of an empire that once stretched from Cadiz to Moscow. Among the wary, curious islanders is Martino Acquabona, a man of letters who has long tried to decipher the mystery of the Hero, or the Ogre, who overturned Europe. Appointed the Emperor's librarian, he becomes witness and interpreter of the strange interlude of three hundred days, and his memoirs portray Napoleon, his men, his women and his age.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 312 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Italy, 1814–1815
- First published
- 2000 by Einaudi
- Author's age
- 62 when first published
- ISBN
9788806155483 (original)
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