{"product_id":"emperors-body-9780393079586","title":"Emperor's Body","description":"\u003cp\u003ePhilippe de Rohan-Chabot, an aristocratic young diplomat, is charged with bringing the body from the island prison where Napoleon died to a glorious tomb at Les Invalides in Paris. Chabot's rival is the aging diplomat and author Henri Beyle, known to posterity as Stendhal. The enigmatic and impulsive Amelia Curial must free herself from the shadow of her mother's scandalous loves and untimely death, and from the life of stale convention that her family urges upon her. The dead emperor is a token in a political game to appease the enemies of the monarchy, but that gamble imperils the king's rule and a new revolution looms. Meanwhile, the interplay of the three central characters traces a delicate pattern of romance, longing, misunderstanding, and the obstacles to the pursuit of happiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Brooks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.52h x 5.88w x 1.05d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393079586\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2010 pg. 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrooks, Peter:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003ePeter Brooks\u003c\/strong\u003e has written extensively about the nineteenth-century novel, French and English. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Melodramatic Imagination: Balzac, Henry James, Melodrama, and the Mode of Excess\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eReading for the Plot, Body Work\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePsychoanalysis and Storytelling\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Emperor's Body: A Novel\u003c\/em\u003e. After many years on the faculty at Yale University, he currently teaches at Princeton University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":67107852845171,"sku":"9780393079586","price":57.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_f5ce5a8a-a78a-41da-9550-cddf79ca6530.jpg?v=1793797966","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/emperors-body-9780393079586","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}