When Tony Perrottet heard that Napoleon's "baguette" had been stolen by
his disgruntled doctor a few days after the Emperor's death, he rushed
out to New Jersey. Why? Because that's where an eccentric American
collector who had purchased Napoleon's member at a Parisian auction now
kept the actual relic in an old suitcase under his bed.
The story of Napoleon's privates triggered Perrottet's quest to research
other such exotic sagas from history, to discover the actual evidence
behind the most famous age-old mysteries: Did Churchill really send
condoms of a surprising size to Stalin? Were champagne glasses really
molded upon Marie Antoinette's breasts? What was JFK's real secret
service? What were Casanova's best pickup lines? Napoleon's Privates
is filled with offbeat, riotously entertaining anecdotes that are
guaranteed to amaze, shock, and enliven any dinner party.