Table of Contents

PART ONE: THE MAKING 1. The Fuse Is Lit 2. Chasseur d'images 3. Pictures in the Fire 4. The Sum of Recollection 5. Unsung Heroes 6. Anything Possible 7. The Search for Naploeon 8. ' On tourne!' 9. The Enchanted Isle 10. Entr'acte 11. The Siege of Toulon 12. Cordeliers and Convention 13. Sweep of Empire 14. Flame in the Shadows 15. The Music of Light 16. Ten-day Wonder 17. Defeat in America PART TWO: THE RECONSTRUCTION 18. Nothing to Declare 19. A Gnashing of Teeth 20. Too Good to Last 21. Vin de l'Empereur 22. Somebody Has to Do it 23. On the Firing Line 24. A Whiff of Grapeshot 25. A meeting of Eagles 26. Fortune Favours the Brave 27. Strings Attached 28. Gala Derniere 29. Fortissimo 30. Cresting the Wave 31. 'The Measure for All Other Films, Forever' PART THREE: APPENDICES Cast and Credits Synopsis The Different Versions of Napoleon Notes Index

About the Author

Kevin Brownlow is a Film -Historian and Film Maker who's recent documentaries include- Cecil B De Mille -American Epic (2003) and The Tramp and the Dictator. His previous publications include David Lean -A Biography (Faber 1996) and Mary Pickford Rediscovered (Abrams)