Napoleon: A Biographical Companion

One might suppose that whatever could be written about Napoleon had already been written many times over, at inordinate length, in most western languages, such was his impact on the map of Europe.

But fashions in reading, for pleasure or instruction, constantly change over the years, and in this new biographical companion David Nicholls offers today’s general readers, and students of French history, a refreshing and compact guide to Napoleon’s life and times.

Should they require further information, then it is readily to hand in the shape of the short reading lists, at the end of each entry, which unerringly...