Jonathan Fenby’s The History of Modern France, from the Revolution to the Present Day, is published by Simon & Schuster £25. He is also the author of The General; Charles de Gaulle and the France He Saved, and France On The Brink. Married to a Frenchwoman, he is a frequent visitor to France and lived in Paris for 12 years as correspondent for Reuters, The Economist and The Times. He has been awarded the Legion d’honneur and the Ordre National du Merite for his writing on France. He tweets @Jonathan Fenby.
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Napoleon saying farewell to his men at the Chateau of Fontainbleua before being exiled