Buku ini membahas tentang jalinan sejarah Indonesia-Perancis sejak jaman Hindia - Belanda ,dimana Napoleon melalui Daendels dan janssens mempertahankan pulau jawa dari serbuan Inggris,serta kisah-kisah cornelis chstelein,raden Saleh,Paul Gauguin serta Soemitro Djojohadikoesoemo.
When the Japanese set foot on Indonesian soil on Januari 11, 1942, many people in Indonesia were already sure that the Allied Forces would not be able to withstand the Japanese onslaught in the archipelago.