The Death of Joachim Murat: 1815 and the Unfortunate Fate of One of Napoleon's Marshals

The only English-language book on the fall and death of Joachim Murat and the final act in the drama of the Napoleonic Wars.

Joachim Murat, son of an innkeeper, had won his spurs as Napoleon’s finest cavalry general and then won his throne when, in 1808, Napoleon appointed him king of Naples. He loyally ran this strategic Italian kingdom with his wife, Napoleon’s sister Caroline, until, in 1814, with Napoleon beaten and in retreat towards ruin and exile, the royal couple chose to betray thei...