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Where to start with Napoleon? (More interested in biography than war history.)

>> No.14121747

Napoleon by Adam Zamoyski is bretty gud.

>> No.14121748

Just do what I did and read an old book written by an admiring Englishman on him (or two), instead of the modern 900-page biographies that try to pander to everybody and alienate nobody in a post-"great man" era by spending entire chapters talking about his fucking lame relationship with his wife.

Then when you have the basics down, read the Memorial of St. Helena. And Emerson's chapter on him in Representative Men.

>> No.14121749

Napoleon the Great, Andrew Roberts

>> No.14121758

>>14121747
*Napoleon: The Man Behind The Myth by Adam Zamoyski

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>>14121747
>>14121748
>>14121749
>>14121758
screencapped for further investigation, thanks for replies anons!

>> No.14121865

>>14121739
start with the greeks

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>>14121739
>More interested in biography than war history
Robert's biography of Napoleon is exactly what you're looking for

>> No.14121923

>>14121739
Best non-fiction: Hegels "Philosophy of History" (just google the parts about Napoleon online)
Best novel: Désiré
Best film: Also Désirée but with Marlon Effing Brando
Best TV series: That kino 4 part "Napoleon Bonaparte" TV mini series from the 90s

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>>14121893
This is all you need. Go for Roberts. It's the best way to learn about him.

>> No.14122202

Side Quest:
read a couple naughty letters Napoleon wrote to Josephine, just for the laughs
>in my day, we sexted through snail mail

check out the newspaper headlines as Napoleon is returning to Paris from exile
>March 9, THE ANTHROPOPHAGUS HAS QUITTED HIS DEN
>March 10, THE CORSICAN OGRE HAS LANDED AT CAPE JUAN
>March 11, THE TIGER HAS ARRIVED AT CAP
>March 12, THE MONSTER SLEPT AT GRENOBLE
>March 13, THE TYRANT HAS PASSED THOUGH LYONS
>March 14, THE USURPER IS DIRECTING HIS STEPS TOWARDS DIJON
>March 18, BONAPARTE IS ONLY SIXTY LEAGUES FROM THE CAPITAL, He has been fortunate enough to escape his pursuers
>March 19, BONAPARTE IS ADVANCING WITH RAPID STEPS, BUT HE WILL NEVER ENTER PARIS
>March 20, NAPOLEON WILL, TOMORROW, BE UNDER OUR RAMPARTS
>March 21, THE EMPEROR IS AT FONTAINEBLEAU
>March 22, HIS IMPERIAL AND ROYAL MAJESTY arrived yesterday evening at the Tuileries, amid the joyful acclamation of his devoted and faithful subjects

>> No.14122238

>>14121739
To really have perspective, you'll have to start with Herodotus.