TY - BOOK AU - Shaw,Bernard TI - The Man of Destiny AV - PR PY - 2003/// CY - Salt Lake City, UT PB - Project Gutenberg KW - Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Drama KW - Italy -- Drama N1 - Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Man_of_Destiny; Release date is 2003-05-01; Produced by Eve Sobol. HTML version by Al Haines; Original publication data not identified N2 - "The Man of Destiny" by Bernard Shaw is a play written in 1897, set during Napoleon's early Italian campaign. After victory at the Battle of Lodi, Napoleon discovers crucial military dispatches have been stolen. When a mysterious woman appears claiming her brother took them, a battle of wits ensues. She eventually returns the documents but warns Napoleon against reading one particular letter—a revelation that could trigger scandal and duels. As tensions mount, the truth about the woman's identity and Napoleon's marriage hangs in the balance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) UR - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4024 ER -