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Napoleon: A Life
by Andrew Roberts
A sympathetic, exhaustive biography drawing on thirty-three thousand letters: general, lawgiver, emperor, exile. Roberts admires and shows why.
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you want Napoleon in full with his letters.
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Skip it if…
you want a critical take.
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Three things you will actually use
- Energy and detail.
- Institutions outlast battles.
- Hubris ends it.
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Read the chapters on the Italian campaign.
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Roberts's Napoleon.
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