num_pages: 144
description: Napoleon has escaped St. Helena, but the impersonator he left in his place has unexpectedly passed away. Travelling incognito through the Continent, he experiences a series of bizarrre adventures that bring him face to face with the myth of Napoleon as it is disconcertingly played out in everyday life.
language: English
title: The Death of Napoleon
titlecomplete: The Death of Napoleon
characters: Napoléon Bonaparte
genres: 20th Century, Literature, Historical, Novels, France, Belgian, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Novella, Fantasy
ratings_count: 680
awards: awardedAt: 694252800000
name: New South Wales Premier's Literary Award
category: Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, awardedAt: 694252800000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
publisher: Picador