Why do the life and fate of Napoleon Bonaparte continue to worry so many people? Is it possible to name a feature of Napoleon's personality that would distinguish him from the majority? He himself defined this difference with the short word "enthusiasm." Where others stopped and dropped their hands, he continued towards the target. The author of a new biography of the first emperor of the French studies the evolution of the personality of an officer who has made a dizzying career, evaluates the key points of his political biography, explores the drama of the decisions and actions of an extraordinary person, gives an original and completely objective assessment of Napoleon's personality and speaks of his role in history.