Reflections on the Napoleonic Legend

276 pp. Maroon cloth, gilt titles. Includes: Foreword; First Reflections: On Historical Legends in General, and Whether Napoleon Ever Existed; The Facts of the Case: First in War; First in Peace; First in the Hearts of His Countrymen; Genesis and Growth of the Legend: The Fascination of Napoleon; The Spontaneous Origins of the Legend; The Systematic Cultivation of the Legend: The Campaign of Saint Helena; Louis-Philippe; The Incarnation of the Legend; Louis-Napoleon; The Napoleon Saga in French Literature: Napoleon and the Literature of His Time; Napoleon in the Romantic Era: Romanticism Not Guilty; Napoleon in the Romantic Era: The Major Prophets of the Legend; Decline and Revival of the Legend After 1840; Last Reflections: The Hero of the Will; Index.