The Generals

by Simon Scarrow

Book Overview

"In the turbulent aftermath of the French Revolution Napoleon Bonaparte is accused of treachery and corruption. As he leads his men in a series of victorious battles, however, he carves out a reputation in Italy and Egypt as an inspired leader. But revolt is afoot and Napoleon rushes back to France to lead his country. He must bring order to the political unrest at home and find peace or victory over France's enemies, foremost of which is England--and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0755336887
• ISBN13: 9780755336883
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Headline Review
• Length: 629 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Wellington & Napolean Mack II

Second novel in this series. Even better than the first. Highly entertaining way of learning about both Wellington and Napolean's histories. The pace picks up as both men experience their first successes in high command. As mentioned in another review, I can't wait for the next installment.

Domenic from South Philly

For anyone looking to read a book about two great people from our past you will not be disappointed.This book is about the lives of Napoleon Bo naparte and Aurthur Wellesley.In this book you will be sucked into a world of war,romance,corruption,victory and failure and much much more.Your journey will take you around the world with these two heroes,fighting right alongside them,both agreeing and disaggreeing at times with there discissions.Scarrow does a remarkable job of alternating stories every few chapters,one chapter you want to read all about Napolean the whole way through,then you come to a chapter starting with wellesley and then all your consintration is on him.These guys rock !!! I don't write reviews much because I'm well,a reader not a writer.But if you pick this book up I guarentee you you'll thank me when you write your review.

Can't wait for the next one

Having waited for this one after finishing Young Bloods I pounced upon it when it eventually arrived and devoured it pretty quickly. It is an entertaining and fast paced book with great flair and interest for the lover of historical fiction. It would certainly have helped Bambi had she read the first book - she might have realised that 1) it is not intended to be a biography, and 2) there are some interesting points in reading how the lives of these two great figures intertwine, parallel and (as we all know) eventually intersect with enormous historical repurcussions. Now I can't wait until the next one... ARGH - that's the one thing I hate most about reading series - with old ones you have to try to work out how to make sure you read them in order (a few times I've started a book only to realise it's 3 of 5 or something) and with new ones you have to wait until the next one is published (see Cornwell's current series on Alfred for example)!

The Generals

I could not disagree with Bambi more. As an avid addict to historical fiction, I found this book entertaining and enlightening. I would suppose if you were deeply involved in writing a dissertation on either general then it would not satisfy your needs. But, as an historical novel about two obviously great generals it was a pleasure to read and experience this book. I must confess that I enjoyed the sections on Wellington more than the sections on Bonaparte as I have been reading current fiction of India for some years yet had never read much on the establishment of the Raj. For Bambi to admit to having read the book out of the order in which it was written should let one know that the writing would not satisfy his/her needs. But as a work of interesting, fact based historical fiction it was a marvelous read.