Sent to a military school at nine, Napoleon rapidly rose through the ranks of the French Army. But a brilliant military career wasn't enough. Soon, he had seized control of France - and then he embarked upon a plan to rule all of Europe. Stirring narrative and lively dialogue combine with full-colour illustrations to bring Napoleon's epic story to life. Young readers will be intrigued and excited as they follow Napoleon's remarkable life from a humble Corsican childhood to Emperor of France. Part of Young Reading Series 3 for fully confident readers.

 

 

This book features in the following series: Usborne Famous Lives, Young Reading, Young Reading Series 3 .

This book has been graded for interest at 7-10 years.

There are 64 pages in this book. This book was published in 2005 by Usborne Publishing Ltd .

Born to a coal-mining family in 1945, Robin Lawrie emigrated to Canada in 1953 and lived in Vancouver till 1968. Returning then to Britain, his freelance career as an illustrator and occasional author has continued until the present day. Lucy Lethbridge has written for a number of publications and is the author of Servants (2012) and Spit and Polish. She lives in London. Who was Ada Lovelace? won the 2004 Blue Peter Award for non-fiction.