Napoleon Bonaparte #1

Part of Casterman's Historische Personages series, this first volume opens with a striking cover by Jean Torton: a solitary figure in a French military uniform and bicorne hat stands atop a rocky coastal outcrop, gazing out over a vast, cloud-swept sky as seabirds wheel around him. There's a quiet, reflective grandeur to the image — Torton's art balancing the weight of history with a sense of personal solitude that feels entirely fitting for one of history's most complex figures. A compelling start to what promises to be a thoughtful biographical graphic novel treatment of Napoleon Bonaparte.