About the Author

R. F. Delderfield, a respected author, playwright, screenwriter, and newspaperman, was born in Greenwich, England in 1912 and became a full-time author after a stint as a small-town reporter and an RAF hitch in World War II. According to The New York Times Book Review, Delderfield wrote "with vigor, unceasing narrative drive, and a high degree of craftsmanship," and he described himself as "a compulsive teller of tales, a real chronic case." Delderfield died in 1972.

Reviews

"The most remarkable storyteller of our time." -- The Literary Guild
"Well-conceived and well-executed, Mr. Delderfield's story of Napoleon's last six years pulses with the devotion of unnamed hundreds of thousands at war--all expressed in realistic terms." -- The Christian Science Monitor