May I recommend the third volume of Dwyer's biography of Napoleon? It's titled Passion, Death, and Resurrection 1815-1840, and it's very good inspite of Dwyer's constant sniping at Napoleon.
The book is very well researched and Dwyer has an elegant prose.
@leo.romero Volume one and two are very well researched and elegantly written but the author exhibits an intense dislike of Napoleon that may put off some readers.
What makes volume 3 particularly good is that the period from Napoleon's death in 1821 to the return of his ashes in 1840 is rarely covered in biographies.
Agree. I got my copy of The Campaigns of Napoleon as a hand me down from my late father, along with Barbarossa (Alan Clark) and A Soldier's Story (Gen. Omar Bradley).
I have never stepped out of that gateway since then.
Roberts reading list is quite boring, the usual stuff, instead I offer this book as a must read about Nabulieone
in case you like to learn a lot about Napoleon in 1813 and about his personality, the more well known book by Odeleben, in my view a must read
A circumstantial narrative of the campaign in Saxony, in the year 1813. Written originally in German
by Odeleben, Ernst Otto Innocenz, freiherr von, 1777-1833
I've read the more recent biographies of Roberts, Dwyer, and Broers.Tulard is a classic.But I have to say that I was really excited about the first part of Patrice Gueniffey's new biography "Bonaparte. 1769-1802".
In my opinion, this work stands out, both in terms of literature and detailed knowledge. I'm really looking forward to the second part ...
I think it's healthy to read both pro and anti-Napoleon books. I would pair Zamoyski (anti-Napoleon bias) with Roberts (pro-Napoleon bias) for those wanting a popular biography. For a more scholarly approach I would pair Dwyer and Broers.
Gueniffey is very good but stops at 1802 and doesn't seem to be in a hurry to produce a second volume though he has since written a Napoleon and De Gaulle.
Oh God, Roberts again. I am not sure that Chandler made any significant changes in relation to updated thinking. I wouldn't say that two of the books are really about Napoleon, just that they refer to him.
I have still not completely read a full biog - I have Zamoyski, Roberts (well, I am sure I will need a doorstep one day and one should read a hagiography) and Broers - but I thought Tulard was supposed to be the best.
May I recommend the third volume of Dwyer's biography of Napoleon? It's titled Passion, Death, and Resurrection 1815-1840, and it's very good inspite of Dwyer's constant sniping at Napoleon.
The book is very well researched and Dwyer has an elegant prose.
Chandler is the Napoleonic Wars gateway drug. 😉
Roberts reading list is quite boring, the usual stuff, instead I offer this book as a must read about Nabulieone
in case you like to learn a lot about Napoleon in 1813 and about his personality, the more well known book by Odeleben, in my view a must read
A circumstantial narrative of the campaign in Saxony, in the year 1813. Written originally in German by Odeleben, Ernst Otto Innocenz, freiherr von, 1777-1833
Of those five authors, Chandler is the only one I've read.
I guess I have a lot of catching up to do.
Of those five authors, Chandler is the only one I've read.
I guess I have a lot of catching up to do.
I've read the more recent biographies of Roberts, Dwyer, and Broers.Tulard is a classic.But I have to say that I was really excited about the first part of Patrice Gueniffey's new biography "Bonaparte. 1769-1802".
In my opinion, this work stands out, both in terms of literature and detailed knowledge. I'm really looking forward to the second part ...
Oh God, Roberts again. I am not sure that Chandler made any significant changes in relation to updated thinking. I wouldn't say that two of the books are really about Napoleon, just that they refer to him.
I have still not completely read a full biog - I have Zamoyski, Roberts (well, I am sure I will need a doorstep one day and one should read a hagiography) and Broers - but I thought Tulard was supposed to be the best.