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Episode Twelve: Long Live the Fatherland

The Age of Napoleon Podcast

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Napoleon's Early Writing

At age 17, Napoleon began work on a history of Corsica. He sent an early draft to his friend Reynal for advice. The writing is immature and often melodramatic. But it's not so bad that we can definitively say he never could have developed into a successful writer.

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