Where Tom Clancy meets Napoleon

Philippe Bornet, the brilliant author of this historical novel, a story of military strategy and written in true Clancy style, tells everything about the historical event that lead to Napoleon's epic destiny.

With a perfect balance of suspense and historical accuracy, the author gives an astonishing account of the siege of Toulon, the battle during which Bonaparte displayed his military genius for the first time and offered the young French Republic a decisive success against the enemies of the French revolution. To this day, this was considered to be the first act of his legend.

Philippe Bornet first started writing as a medical journalist for the French news magazine Valeurs Actuelles. A skilled surgeon and an avid chess player, he developed a taste and talent for strategy and risk assessment. He thoroughly studied all the Napoleonic battle grounds and based several novels on these historic events, among which Sultan Bonaparte about the Egypt Campaign and La Furia, about the Italian Campaign. His work was unanimously praised by the best historians and specialists of Napoleon, including the famous Professor Jean Tulard, as well as His Imperial Highness the Prince Napoleon, Charles Bonaparte.