Napoleon

Book cover of Napoleon: The Decline and Fall of an Empire: 1811-1821

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*A KIRKUS BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2022*

An accomplished Oxford scholar delivers a dynamic new history covering the last chapter of the emperor's life-from his defeat in Russia and the drama of Waterloo to his final exile-as the world Napoleon has created begins to crumble around him.

In 1811, Napoleon stood…

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1 author picked Napoleon as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Ambrogio A. Caiani

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The fall of Empires is always painful regardless of their nature.

This was definitely the case for Napoleon's ephemeral Western European multiethnic polity. Within three short years, his imperial dream of placing Europe under a uniform system collapsed, soaked in blood and consumed by flames.

This is the final volume of Michael Broers's definitive three-volume history of Napoleon. He combines the erudition of Edward Gibbon in chronicling the decline and fall of the Napoleonic behemoth with the nostalgia and sensitivity of Marcel Proust.

Every page is a work of art and spellbinding.

From Ambrogio's 3 favorite reads in 2023.