Synopses & Reviews
Over ten thousand books have been written about Napoleon Bonaparte, but his only son, Napoleon Francois Charles Joseph Bonaparte, has never emerged from obscurity. This volume changes all that The author, Ann Van Dan tells the story of Napoleon II's lifelong battle against formidable odds, struggling (for much of his life) in utter isolation, visually deserted by his mother, Marie Louise, a fickle and shallow woman, and kept prisoner by his maternal grandfather, the Emperor of Austria. However, Napoleon II's inability to leave his mark on the events of his time is only secondary to the resistance he valiantly put up in an attempt to assert his very existence, reclaim his identity, and attain freedom.