Sharl'-Andre Potstso di Borgo:korsikanskaia ten' Napoleona - Tan'shina Nataliia Petrovna

The name of Napoleon Bonaparte is known to the whole world, but few - except a narrow circle of specialists - know about his compatriot, friend of youth, and then - blood enemy and rival. The well-known French diplomat Charles-Maurice Talleyrand claimed that the fundamental motive for his actions was "Corsican hatred". Perhaps it was the Corsican vendetta that shaped this man, the Corsican shadow of Napoleon Bonaparte. But this is not an ordinary shadow. She did not follow her "master", she pursued him, even thousands of kilometers away from him, in distant Russia. It is with the history of our country was closely connected with the fate of this amazing man. Count Charles-Andre Pozzo di Borgo, a representative of the ancient Corsican family, devoted 35 years of his life to the service of the Russian Empire. "Napoleon is the main theme of my life," he said. And Napoleon admitted that it was Pozzo di Borgo who convinced Emperor Alexander I to go to Paris, thus determining the fate of European civilization. Incredible adventures and vicissitudes of the life path of Count S.-A. Pozzo di Borgo is dedicated to this book.