Military experts admit that in the history of military art, neither before nor after the grandiose and bloody Napoleonic era, there was such a brilliant galaxy of commanders who, fighting in the ranks of the Grand Army, brought unfading glory to France. This historical phenomenon is the undoubted merit of Napoleon himself, who, like no one else, knew how to attract people with outstanding abilities to his side. Who were they, Napoleon's marshals? Michel Ney - the son of a cooper who fled to the hussars, Joachim Murat - the son of an innkeeper and a failed clergyman, Guillaume Brun - an aspiring lawyer, Jean Baptiste Bernadotte - the son of a lawyer, a former senior sergeant, Auguste Marmont - a representative of an impoverished noble family, an artilleryman and classmate of Bonaparte, Emmanuel Grushi is a volunteer revolutionary of noble blood... The destinies of Napoleon's most famous associates intertwined desperate attacks and millions of deaths, power ambitions and political provocations, reckless adventures and fatal miscalculations. Their stories - dramatic and mysterious - are now before you.