Napoleon A Life
“Napoleon A Life” by Andrew Roberts is a comprehensive biography published by Penguin Publishing Group on October 20, 2015. This reprint edition spans 976 pages and is presented in English. The book offers an in-depth exploration of Napoleon Bonaparte, highlighting his dual role as a military genius and a statesman. Utilizing Napoleon’s extensive correspondence, Roberts provides a fresh perspective on his character and motivations, revealing the complexities of a figure often viewed solely through the lens of his military achievements.
Readers will find a detailed account of Napoleon’s life, including his significant battles such as Austerlitz, Borodino, and Waterloo, while also delving into his personal relationships and political strategies. The biography draws on Roberts’s extensive research, including visits to numerous battle sites and the discovery of new documents, to present a nuanced portrayal of Napoleon. This work situates him within the broader context of European history, making it a valuable resource for those interested in biography, military history, and the intricate dynamics of leadership in historical contexts.
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The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of Churchill and The Last King of America—winner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for the Plutarch prize, winner of the Fondation Napoleon prize and a New York Times bestseller
“A thrilling tale of military and political genius… Roberts is an uncommonly gifted writer.” —The Washington Post
Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar, he was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all times.
Andrew Roberts’s Napoleon is the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon’s thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation. At last we see him as he was: protean multitasker, decisive, surprisingly willing to forgive his enemies and his errant wife Josephine. Like Churchill, he understood the strategic importance of telling his own story, and his memoirs, dictated from exile on St. Helena, became the single bestselling book of the nineteenth century.
An award-winning historian, Roberts traveled to fifty-three of Napoleon’s sixty battle sites, discovered crucial new documents in archives, and even made the long trip by boat to St. Helena. He is as acute in his understanding of politics as he is of military history. Here at last is a biography worthy of its subject: magisterial, insightful, beautifully written, by one of our foremost historians.
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