Following Adam Zamoyski's grand bestseller "1812. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia," the sequel "1815 - Napoleon's Downfall and the Congress of Vienna" is now here. The defeated Napoleon arrives incognito at the Tuileries on the night of December 18, 1812, and immediately begins to grapple with his shaky power base in Paris. However, the tide has turned. From now on, he is the hunted. Two years later, the powerful figures in Vienna redraw the borders on the map of Europe. They had already laid claim to their interests when the empire of the French emperor began to show its first cracks. Now, at the Congress of Vienna, everything is at stake. Rarely in history has there been so much maneuvering and intrigue in one place, so much greed, bribery, sex, and blackmail. Zamoyski unfolds a spectacular picture of this era based on documents, letters, diaries, and police reports in six languages.