The novel “Battle” is dedicated to one of the significant episodes of the Napoleonic period in the history of France. In it, as in the novels “It Snowed,” “The Absent One,” “Puss in Boots,” Patrick Rambaud creates the image of a minor character - a soldier, an officer in the Napoleonic army, an average Frenchman, which allows him to paint a brighter and more juicy portrait of Napoleon and his entourage .