Napoleon: A Life

His battles at Austerlitz, Borodino, and Waterloo are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was much more than a military genius and clever commander of troops. He was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all time, alongside George Washington and his hero Julius Caesar. Andrew Roberts' Napoleon is the first one-volume biography to make use of the recently published thirty-three thousand letters of Napoleon, which drastically alter the understanding of his character and drive.

Finally, he was a versatile multitasker, a forceful leader who was unexpectedly prepared to forgive his adversaries, and his unfaithful wife Josephine. He, like Churchill, saw the strategic necessity of chronicling his own tale, and his memoirs, transcribed from exile on St. Helena, became the nineteenth century's best-selling book.

Roberts, an award-winning historian, visited fifty-three of Napoleon's sixty combat locations, unearthed important new papers in archives, and even journeyed by boat to St. Helena. He is as knowledgeable about politics as he is about military history. Finally, a biography worthy of its subject: authoritative, intelligent, and elegantly written by one of the most distinguished historians.

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Author: Andrew Roberts
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