Here is one of the most famous works about Napoleon Bonaparte. The author is the greatest French writer, one of the most widely read in the world. Stendhal was not only a contemporary of Napoleon, not only an eyewitness of his activities, but also for a number of years an employee of his military administration, a participant in his campaigns. He had the opportunity to participate in the Italian, Austrian, Prussian and Russian campaigns of Napoleon I, to witness the Battle of Borodino and the fire of Moscow, the Berezinsky flight of the French emperor. "The love of Napoleon," wrote Stendhal, "is the only passion preserved in me, but this does not prevent me from seeing the shortcomings of his mind and the pathetic weaknesses that can be reproached to him." The uniqueness of this publication also lies in the fact that it is full of magnificent engravings created by the outstanding French battle artists of the XIX century, Auguste Raffe and Horace Vernet, previously unknown to the Russian-speaking reader.