Лучшие книги Алана Патрика Герберта

This is the story of one man’s secret battle against himself, as he is tested and brought to breaking point, first in Gallipoli, then with his young wife in London, and finally in the trenches of the Western Front. The Secret Battle was first published in 1919, when the Great War was only just over, and few books about that terrible conflict have equalled it in its dignity, accuracy and power. The author fought at Gallipoli and in France , and the novel is imbued with the sights, sounds and smells that he experienced.

Роман рассказывает о жизни повергнутого, но еще не сломленного Наполеона в ссылке на Эльбе. Там Бонапарт проводит подготовку своего возвращения к власти — «второго царствования», вошедшего в историю под названием «Сто дней».