Empire's Eagles: The Fate of the Napoleonic Elite in America

Empire’s Eagles dives into the year 1815 to tell the gripping narrative of Napoleon Bonaparte and his highest-ranking soldiers after their brutal defeat at Waterloo. Crocker tells the never-before-shared story of how Napoleon’s top lieutenants escaped to America. Napoleon himself came within one hour of getting on a secret ship to the U.S., a trip that did not come to pass.