Napoleon Bio?

[Jon Metters]

Hello Planet:

I'm looking to read a biography on Napoleon. Do any of you have any suggestions as to which english language bio is the best?

Best,

Jon Metters

 

[marcellin de marbot]

Hello Jon,
Interesting intention. I think there are several biographies on Napoleon written in English, but are you looking a book about the man, to know better his human side, his thinking, his family and life, or the military wiew of an Army Commander, the great strategist, his military career? This question is rather important to choose the right book to read.
Best regards
Marcello

 

[megroot]

Jon,
Maybe you have something on this sites: http://www.napoleon-series.org/
http://www.napoleonguide.com/

I think there are alot off readings about Napoleon.

marc

 

[marcellin de marbot]

Hi Jon,
In the meantime you think, I can say:
"Napoleon" by David Chandler, one of the greatest specialist in nap history, I think just the first good reading to learn something of the military adventure of Napoleon
"Napoleon Bonaparte" by Abbott SC John
The life of Napoleon Bonaparte three volumes by Sloane William Milligan
Napoleon's Road to Glory: Triumphs, Defeats and Immortality by Markham J. David
Napoleon and His Court by Forester C. S.
Napoleon: The Visionary Conqueror by Ledru Eric
best regards
Marcello

 

[rljs_2006]

I'm looking to read a biography on Napoleon. Do any of you have any suggestions as to which english language bio is the best?

I recommend: Napoleon as Military Commander by James Marshall-Cornwall

 

[captnenglish]

Alan Schom wrote a rather thick bio of Napoleon, I don't have the title handy though.

 

[Sikander2]

I've read a couple Nappy bios over the years and am just finishing "Napoleon Bonaparte - An Intimate Biography" by Vincent Cronin, 1971 but still available I think. Really great book, but it's not a military hisory. I'll just quote one of the blurbs (which is actually true):

"The triumph of Cronin's biography is that Napoleon
seems so fresh, almost as if he had just been discovered,
a man not only of uncommon genius but of deep human
feeling. It is a book more than a delight to read, for
the portrait of Napoleon is profound in its understanding
and moving in its presentation." -NY Times

Happy reading, Al

 

[Bluesking]

I would recommend the David Chandler books - he knows his stuff

 

[Jon Metters]

Thanks everyone - this is awsome!

J.