# The Illustrious Dead

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- Book: [The Illustrious Dead](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephan-talty/the-illustrious-dead) ([The Illustrious Dead.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephan-talty/the-illustrious-dead.md))
- Authors: [Stephan Talty](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephan-talty)
- Publisher: crown
- ISBN: 978-03-0739-405-7
- Pages: 336
- Published: 2010-06-01
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A masterful dual narrative of Napoleon Bonaparte and a tiny microbe that pits the height of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, from the New York Times bestselling author of...