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I've read more than a few biographies of the Great Man, and the following I highly recommend:
Napoleon Bonaparte: An Intimate Biography by Vincent Cronin
The following is my review of the book:
"It is an excellent biography of Napoleon and is filled with excellent information on Napoleon the man and head of state, and concentrates on his civil achievements as First Consul and Emperor. It is very well sourced, and if the author's sources are checked, the reader will discover that the material is accurate as well as well-delivered.
Too many 'biographies' of Napoleon do nothing but regurgitate the old 'Corsican Ogre' theory that is based on the English and allied propaganda of the period. This volume explores Napoleon's actions, motivation, and achievements and after reading of this, Napoleon is shown to have been head and shoulders above his contemporary heads of state in Great Britain, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, who were his main antagonists from
Napoleon's reforms and achievements in law, education, bringing back the Church to France, rebuilding the infrastructure of France after ten years of revolutionary upheavals, ensuring civil rights and freedom of religion as well as providing France with firm and honest government ar
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This one took me a while; standing at over pages of meticulously researched biography, it’s not the sort of thing you can just pick for a little light reading. Requiring full alertness to be properly enjoyed, I had to keep putting it down when work became mentally draining. As such, it took me months to work through, but my goodness, it was worth it!
I’ve been obsessed with the Napoleonic wars since I watched my first episode of Sharpe aged around thirteen. In the seventeen (sob!) years since then, I’ve accumulated pretty much an entire bookcase worth of books on the lives of Napoleon Bonaparte and Arthur Wellesley.
This magnificent book will from now on be, as far as I am concerned, the definitive biography of Napoleon! Managing to condense one of the most remarkable lives in human history into a single volume in the first place is no mean feat, but what Andrew Roberts has accomplished is superlative.
Managing an excellent balance between meticulous academic rigour and enjoyable readability, the book never felt like a chore to read. It follows the meteoric trajectory of Napoleon’s extraordinary life from his birth in Ajaccio in Corsica in until his death in exile on the remote island of St Helena in
So often dismissed by some as a power-hungry warmonger, Robe
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