The Hundred Days (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780393046748)

Napoleon, escaped from Elba, pursues his enemies across Europe like a vengeful phoenix. If he can corner the British and Prussians before their Russian and Austrian allies arrive, his genius will lead the French armies to triumph at Waterloo.

In the Balkans, preparing a thrust northwards into Central Europe to block the Russians and Austrians, a horde of Muslim mercenaries is gathering. They are inclined toward Napoleon because of his conversion to Islam during the Egyptian campaign, but they will not move without a shipment of gold ingots from Sheik Ibn Hazm which, according to British intelligence, is on its way via camel caravan to the coast of North Africa. It is this gold that Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin must at all costs intercept. The fate of Europe hinges on their desperate mission.

Author: Patrick O'Brian
ISBN-10: 0393046745
ISBN-13: 9780393046748
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 10/17/1998
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 8.72h x 5.76w x 1.07d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/15/1998 pg. 62
Publishers Weekly 09/07/1998 pg. 83
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/1998 pg. 1232
Booklist 09/01/1998 pg. 7
Library Journal 09/15/1998 pg. 113
New York Times 10/18/1998 pg. 14
Library Journal 06/15/1998
Library Journal 09/15/1998