/lit/ - Literature

Is there any point in reading two biographies about the same person, assuming there is no new material written about? My initial thought was no, since the only thing that would change would be the interpretation of events.

Is this the best historical book ever written?

Read picrel last year but want to learn more about Napoleon, do anons have any recommendations?

>>17391550
I enjoyed it a lot

>>16109800
Fpbp

>>14429495
Reading the biography called "Napoleon the Great" by Andrew Roberts right now and there is quite a bit known about his personality from childhood to his death because both he and te company he kept published thousands of letters about him. As a child he was quiet and kept to himself, spent most of his time reading books but was also very strong willed and talkative. As an adolescent he was bullied for his accent and large head. You can really gleam a lot about him from the ages of 16-23 because he wrote a lot of short stories, poems, novels and essays before the vendemaires revolt. He was awkward with women and the Parisian salon scene and wrote a sturm und drang style novel inspired by Werther because of early rejections. His wife cucked him during the Italian campaign. His intelligence combined with his lack pf social success allowed him to develop a big chip on the shoulder that he compensated for by fucking a lot of women after his initial sucess. I havent read past the battle of marengo yet so i dont know anything about his adulthood.

Tldr: Bullied and cucked so he tried to become as chaddy as possible to compensate

>>14257129
At least he is honest. Personally I got the most motivation out of pic related. Biographies in general tend to work well for motivational purposes, plus you gain some real life knowledge. Fantasy was never my thing but I can totally get why people enjoy it.

Just finished reading pic related, and I absolutely loved it. Now I'm looking for a similar biography on Julius Caesar and Alexander the Great. By "similar", I mean unabashedly pro-Caesar, pro-Alexander, whatever, but still reasonably informed. I've already read the ancients themselves (Plutarch and Suetonius) so preferably looking for a modern book. Also, biographies general I guess?

What's the equivalent of this, but for Alexander the Great? Looking for an unashamedly positive account of the man. Not interested in books that are sad that he killed people.

>As one French sergeant-major wrote, 'No-one who has not experienced it can have any idea of the enthusiasm that burst forth among the half-starved, exhausted soldiers when the Emperor was there in person. If all were demoralised and he appeared, his presence was like an electric shock. All shouted 'Vive l'Empereur!' and everyone charged blindly into the fire.' The reader of this biography will understand why this was so.

you will never be as capable as him and neither will anybody that will ever exist

>No-one who has not experienced it can have any idea of the enthusiasm that burst forth among the half-starved, exhausted soldiers when the Emperor was there in person. If all were demoralised and he appeared, his presence was like an electric shock. All shouted 'Vive l'Empereur!' and everyone charged blindly into the fire
and even more so, this actually happened in real life
the appearance of a single man instantly gave a jab of adrenaline to people that thought all was lost

why don't men like him exist anymore?