Napoleon the story of the little corporal napoleon achieved countless military victories and unified half a continent he was a corporal general consul and emperor the life and career of napoleon sounds impossible but its true his success though brilliant was also short lived. Note 5 retrouvez napoleon the story of the little corporal et des millions de livres en stock sur amazonfr achetez neuf ou doccasion. Napoleon the story of the little corporal by robert burleigh goodreads author 370 rating details 44 ratings 10 reviews napoleon bonaparte was born in corsica and he was neither rich nor well connected eventually he would come to rule france and much of europe even crowning himself emperor. One of the most fascinating aspects of his wartime strategy involves something that is now referred to as napoleons corporal the story goes that during the battle planning stages napoleon would have one of his lowly corporals shine his boots with the understanding that he knew the corporal would be listening in on his conversation with the rest of his commanders following the brief he gave to the other leaders in his army napoleon would look to the corporal and ask him if