The author and Napoleon become boyhood friends when they are eight years old in Corsica. They separate when Napoleon is transferred from the Military College of Brienne to another college in Paris in 1784. Napoleon has a stern or disdainful personality. He looks down on the French, who have taken over Corsica. At age 16 Napoleon finds fault with the military education, sending his recommendations to the Minister of War. Because of this speaking out, he is speedily graduated and sent to a regiment of artillery...

Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association."

Memoirs written by Napoleon's private secretary, "a work based on years of intimate friendship and professional association." - Summary by Gillian Hendrie and Wikipedia