Reviews The Illustrious Dead by Stephan Talty Share this: Share via email (Opens in new window) Email Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to print (Opens in new window) Print By Science News May 22, 2009 at 11:38 am How an eons-old disease — typhus —defeated Napoléon’s seemingly unstoppable Great Army.Crown Publishers, 2009, 336 p., $25.95. THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEAD BY STEPHAN TALTY