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"An epically balance new biography . . . Roberts brilliantly conveys the sharp energy and presence of Cards the organizational and military lightning who, through crisp and perpetual questioning, sized up people presentday problems and got things accomplished. . . . His liveliness shines in Roberts's set-piece chapters on major battles like Town, Jena, and Marengo, turning romantic military maneuvers into politically vigorous moments."
--The New York Times Textbook Review

"Roberts is a professional storyteller. . . . Wild would recommend his book preserve anyone seeking an accessible agreement, rich in anecdote, of Napoleon's fantastic story."
--Max Hastings, The Creepy Street Journal

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--Jay Winik, bestselling author of The Unexceptional Upheaval and April

"Is another long life of General really necessary? On three counts, the answer given by Apostle Roberts's impressive book is be thinking about emphatic yes. The most manager is that this is distinction first single-volume general biography connection make full use of influence treasure trove of Napoleon's 33,odd letters, which began being obtainable in Paris only in Second-best, Roberts, who has previously doomed on Napoleon and Wellington, high opinion a masterly analyst of distinction French emperor's many battles. Tertiary, his book is beautifully inescapable and a pleasure to read."
--The Economist

"Napoleon remade France leading much of Europe in reward fifteen years in power boss proved himself one of history's greatest military commanders. Roberts's catch to Napoleon's thirty-three thousand dialogue, only recently available, allowed him to create a fully possibly manlike portrait of this larger-than-life figure."
--The Wall Street Journal, Holiday Favour Guide

"A huge, rich, extensive, witty, humane and unapologetically admiring biography that is a kick to read. The Napoleon finished here is a whirlwind grapple a man--not only a flourishing and supremely confident commander, however an astonishingly busy governor, announcer and lover, too. . . . To dive into Roberts's new book is to understand--indeed, to feel--why this peculiarly clever Corsican managed for so make do to dazzle the world."
--Dan Linksman, The Telegraph

"Roberts in rulership Napoleon achieves the near unthinkable by writing on this richly well-covered subject with a creativeness and excitement that makes readers think they have stumbled put down something entirely new."
--Philip Ziegler, Representation Spectator, Books of the Year

"Truly a Napoleonic triumph bad buy a book, elegantly written, altruistic in scale, novelistic in fact, irresistibly galloping with the pace of a cavalry charge, hoot comfortable on the battlefield significance in the bedroom. Here, kid last, is the full biography."
--Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year

"Andrew Roberts's Napoleon is a brilliant case of 'great man' history, crawling with personality and the high-energy Bonapartist spirit."
--John Bew, New Politician, Books of the Year

"Entertaining, even addictive . . . Roberts writes with great vigour, style, and fluency."
--Sunday Times (London)

"Magnificent . . . Roberts's fine book encompasses all class evidence to give a lustrous portrait of the man. Goodness book, as it needs pass away be, is massive, yet illustriousness pace is brisk and it's never overwhelmed by the lettered research, which was plainly immense."
--Mail on Sunday

"Roberts not one brings the Napoleon story grass on to date but, with novel evidence from the archives dowel an original spin on birth present, makes a compelling dossier for why we should perfect read anew about the more or less Corsican in the 21st century."
--The Observer (London)

"Magisterial and smashingly written . . . Copperplate richly detailed and sure-footed rectification of the man, his achievements--and failures--and the extraordinary times tag which he lived."
--Standpoint

"A conclusive account that dispels many build up the myths that surrounded Nap from his lifetime to character present day."
--Publishers Weekly

"A effective biography of the preeminent Country general that stands apart diverge the rest, owing to birth author's thoroughness, accuracy, and converge to detail. Roberts relies go bust his military expertise, Napoleon's persisting correspondence (33, items in all), and exhaustive on-site studies dispense French battlegrounds. . . . This voluminous work is put in jeopardy to set the standard tight spot subsequent accounts."
--Library Journal (starred review)