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Edward Shawcross on The People's Emperor: The Unlikely Rise and Spectacular Fall of Napoleon III

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Edward Shawcross on The People's Emperor: The Unlikely Rise and Spectacular Fall of Napoleon III

26th Aug 26, 7:00pm - 8:00pm

Location: 1 Museum Street, York, YO1 7DT, United Kingdom

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We're delighted to welcome Edward Shawcross to the bookshop for The People's Emperor. Described by Simon Sebag Montefiore as a 'five star' book "written to be enjoyed" - " a gripping, fascinating biography that rightly rehabilitates the statesman but also relishes the power, the sex and the fun of his extraordinary rise and fall."

Edward Shawcross is the author of The Last Emperor of Mexico. He has a PhD in specialising in nineteenth-century France. The People's Emperor is a riotously entertaining biography of 'the other Napoleon.'

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