Prologue: Napoleon and the French Revolution -- I. Becoming a revolutionary -- II. First revolutionary steps -- III. Italy : the Imperial Revolution -- IV. Egypt -- V. Power -- Entr'acte: Revolution and Empire -- VI. The weapons of Revolution -- Entr'acte: A sighting in Jena -- VII. Napoleon at zenith -- Entr'acte: Napoleon and the political culture of the French Revolution -- VIII. Catastrophe and decline -- Entr'acte: Napoleon explains the Revolution -- IX. Napoleon brought to bay -- X. Ending the Revolution -- Entr'acte: Reputation -- XI. The end of the end game -- XII. Death and rebirth -- Epilogue: Napoleon and the revolutionary tradition -- Appendix: Some remarks about arsenic poisoning.