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After the defeated Emperor Napoleon goes into exile on tiny St. Helena Island in the remote South Atlantic, he and his lover, Albine de Montholon, plot to escape and rescue his young son. Banding together African slaves, British sympathizers, a Jewish merchant, a Corsican rogue, and French followers, they confront British opposition-- as well as treachery within their own ranks. When Napoleon and Albine break faith with one another, ambition and Albine's...

History tells us that Napoleon died in exile on the Island of St. Helena. Or did he? In 1821, a secret network of Napoleonic loyalists hatch an ingenious plot: the Emperor will return to Paris and a double will take his place in exile.

Napoleon Bonaparte, the brilliant general who leads France from chaos to become the most powerful nation in Europe, controls the fate of a continent as he commands a seemingly unstoppable army. The man with the strength and ego to proclaim himself emperor falls in love with Josephine de Beauharnais, an older woman with two children. But after her death, his victories turn to defeat, and one of the mightiest empires in history crumbles.

"Francia, 1794. La Revolucion ha dejado estragos por todo el pais y la vida de Desiree Clary, hija de un rico comerciante marselles, ha dado un giro: el mundo que conocio y amo se ha ido. Sin embargo, un encuentro fortuito con el ambicioso y carismatico Napoleon Bonaparte cambiara de nuevo su destino. Cuando su hermana Julia contrae matrimonio con el hermano de Napoleon, las vidas de Desiree y el joven militar se entrelazan irrevocablemente. Pronto...

"Napoleon, escaped from Elba, pursues his enemies across Europe like a vengeful phoenix. If he can corner the British and Prussians before their Russian and Austrian allies arrive, his genius will lead the French armies to triumph at Waterloo. In the Balkans, preparing a thrust northwards into Central Europe to block the Russians and Austrians, a horde of Muslim mercenaries is gathering. They are inclined toward Napoleon because of his conversion...

The French Revolution examines how all classes of French society revolted against the king's regime and rejected a society based on heredity and privilege, resulting in an often-violent struggle to determine the future of France.