Andrew Roberts' big, meticulously researched and very readable Napoleon: A Life is aimed at the general reader, but will appeal particularly to those who already know the essentials of his story ...

“Napoleon: A Life,” Andrew Roberts’ new and exhaustive biography on Napoleon Bonaparte, sees the French emperor as “the Enlightenment on horseback,” swiftly bestowing the blessings of ...

Soon enough, Napoleon is bouncing into leadership positions, both by exploiting the power vacuum and by coasting on his ever-expanding ego.

As an exemplary military leader and self-crowned emperor, Napoleon capitalized on his mastery of manipulating traditional media, ...

NAPOLEON Bonaparte, the legendary military leader and Emperor of France, is often remembered for his immense ambition, strategic genius and, curiously, his supposed diminutive stature.

Perhaps my favorite one-volume Napoleon biography is J. Christopher Herold’s The Age of Napoleon, which was published in 1962 and manages to do justice, in accessible and often graceful language ...

What makes Oxford professor Michael Broers’ new Napoleon biography stand out is his extensive use of a new resource, the actual words of Napoleon.

The French emperor's war against an Islamic empire is instructive Napoleon in Egypt Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times more > Print Commentary By Clifford D. May - Tuesday, January ...