Napoleon the Great
From kwharrison13.com · Anti-library
Napoleon the Great
| Author | Andrew Roberts |
|---|---|
| Published | 2014 |
| Pages | 936 |
| Recommended | Once |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Roberts’s life of Napoleon, written with the full correspondence available for the first time — admiring, campaign-by-campaign, and explicit that the Code and the institutions outlasted the battles. |
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — listed as “Napoleon the Great by Andrew Roberts” in the replies when he asked on X “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025. Full list: What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- Napoleon — The subject.
- Biography — The form.
- Leadership — What Roberts is arguing about.
- Institutions — The Napoleonic Code and administration Roberts says are the real legacy.
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.
What links here
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