Andrew Roberts' big, meticulously researched and very readable Napoleon: A Life is aimed at the general reader, but will appeal particularly to those who already know the essentials of his story.

This Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres’ 1804 portrait of Napoleon shows him as a civilian officer instead of an invading hero. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Liège, France “Ah, if it were only to be done over ...

The French Revolution in the 18th century saw the downfall of the French monarchy and the ascension of a prominent figure who played a major role in shaping modern European history. The abolishment of ...

Bell teaches History at Princeton, and is the author of Napoleon: A Concise Biography On December 2, 1804, Napoleon Bonaparte was preparing to crown himself Emperor of the French in Notre Dame ...

As only French biographers can do, every conceivable motive and alternative scenario is presented at every stage in the astonishing rise of the subject from the petty and parvenu and rather ...

Broers’ Napoleon is not a great battlefield general although his ability to motivate men in battle or rally the masses back in Paris is unquestioned. His Egyptian campaign (Napoleon still was in his ...