5/23/2023 0 Comments Andrew roberts napoleon review![]() ![]() According to Roberts, the sobriquet ‘the Great’ is given to ‘huge figures who decisively influenced the history of their times’. Napoleon the Great: there is no arguing with that.Įxcept there is, on almost every conceivable ground. Enthusiasts will have to read the first two for themselves to decide whether their authors fall into the camp of Napoleon’s admirers or detractors, but the last proclaims its allegiance on its dust jacket. Notable among these are Napoleon: Soldier of Destiny, the first volume of a two-part biography by Michael Broers, Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799–1815, Philip Dwyer’s sequel to his Napoleon: The Path to Power 1769–1799, and now Andrew Roberts’s Napoleon the Great. But perhaps none has taken to the task with greater zeal than Andrew Roberts, the much-garlanded British historian, whose admiration for his subject infuses and. ![]() I have spent virtually the whole summer wading through a series of new works on the French emperor. I would recommend his book to anyone seeking an accessible chronicle, rich in anecdote, of Napoleons fantastic story. The bicentenary of the fall of Napoleon was simply too tempting a subject for authors and editors alike. ![]()
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