"What a novel my life has been!" Bonaparte exclaimed in exile. "Napoleon's Rules: Life and Career Lessons from Bonaparte" is history that mines the conqueror's maxims to provide business, career, and life advice. His extraordinary success and failure provides fifteen comprehensively examined "rules" that readers can learn from. The book is deliberately concise, brisk, and provocative, drawing on the astonishing details of Bonaparte's career to explain his victories and mistakes. Aimed at executives, entrepreneurs, military officers, students, or anyone who is ambitious and interested in learning from the meteoric arc of one of history's greatest men.