From New York Times bestselling author Paul Johnson, "a very readable and entertaining biography" ( The Washington Post ) about one of the most important figures in modern European history: Napoleon Bonaparte In an ideal pairing of author and subject, the magisterial historian...
The very name, Napoleon Bonaparte, still enthralls. Ever since this towering and terrible genius conquered Europe, he has been endlessly debated, compared, and made an icon. In Napoleon , the great dictator's energy and acumen are matched by those of his biographer, Paul Johnson,...