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What is the best biography of Napoleon?

>> No.5754495

>>5754452
bumpin

>> No.5754498

>>5754452
I've only read this one but it really hasn't got any faults outside of trying a bit to hard to analysis his thoughts in regards to certain areas, such as his 'Orient complex' and his 'friendship' with Alexander which the book makes out as if Napoleon wanted to go on a honeymoon to India with him and btfo the brits there.
http://www.amazon.com/Napoleon-A-Biography-Frank-McLynn/dp/1611450373

>> No.5754593

>>5754498
thanks cutie

>> No.5754614

>>5754452
Dude is packin' some arms though, if you know what I mean.

>> No.5754755

>>5754452
Read Max Gallo

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>>5754614
>is packin'

>> No.5755277

What do you guys think about Vincent Cronin's autobiography?

>> No.5755482

http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3567

>> No.5755493

>>5754452
emil ludwig's is the most enjoyable to read (probably), but not the most accurate

>> No.5755702

What about the new one by Andrew Roberts?

>> No.5755715

Kubrick was a Napoleon fanatic. He had one of those library card catalog chests but the cards were all days of Napoleon's life and they told you what he was doing on that day. He had hundreds of biographies of Napoleon.

When he was planning his Napoleon movie, he hired Felix Markham as an advisor to help him out and answer any questions for hours. So I'd say that's a pretty big endorsement of Markham's biography, even though it's decades old.

>> No.5755723

Napoleon looked a lot like Chris-chan.

>> No.5756171

>>5754452
les invalides