This book is by far perhaps the most famous monograph in foreign Napoleonic studies, its author is a professor at the Sorbonne, president of the History of Paris society and the Napoleon Institute - the largest researcher of the Great Revolution and Empire. Under his leadership, a unique Dictionary of Napoleon (1987) was published. Jean Tulard's brilliant study is a classic of historical thought. The Russian translation of the book was prepared by the doctor of philological sciences A.P. Bondarev. Scientific editing was carried out by Doctor of Historical Sciences, Professor A.P. Lewandowski.