In Napoleon the Great, historian Andrew Roberts does not hide his admiration for the man, yet the Napoleon in this impressive book is a flawed leader, ...

Napoleon was speaking truthfully to the great astronomer in 1812, when he wrote, ... From December, 1811, Napoleon’s book-orders have the importance of state secrets.

Napoleon the Great. Andrew Roberts, Allen Lane, £30. In footballing parlance this is not a highlights show but an unedited broadcast of the entire game complete with pre- and post-match punditry.

ANOTHER CAESAR—Alfred Neumann—Knopf ($3). Louis Napoleon, nephew of the great Napoleon, spent some 35 years attempting to become Emperor of the French. He finally succeeded. But according ...

NAPOLEON: A LIFE By Andrew Roberts Viking, $45, ... he gets great fun out of his writing. His books are consequently not only genuinely important but also a pleasure to read.” ...

Banned books in the 19th century. ... from Peter the Great to Napoleon Bonaparte, who is referenced continually in Crime and Punishment, the intellectual sequel to Notes from Underground. ...

With more than 1,000 pages, it is believed to be the best-ever book about Napoleon published in Việt Nam. “I dreamt of publishing this book in Vietnamese because I have deep admiration for this great ...

A very valuable book which once belonged to Napoleon the Great was discovered among some of the volumes of the Riant Collection at the Library when these were being classified recently. The book ...