Publisher : Pimlico; New Ed edition (1998) / ISBN : 0712662472 / PDF Format / 752 pages
This is the book to grab if you want to know all the important things about Napoleon's life in one book without having to worry about becoming bogged down with too much information.
You will not be a Napoleonic expert after reading the book but you will have learned about all the significant events in Napoleon's life to be able to speak intelligently about them on a general level. This book should be enough for those who have a casual interest in Napoleon, but should also serve as a great starting point for those who want to learn more. For instance, the campaign in Russia is given good coverage in the book but left me yearning for more so one of my next purchases will be a book that deals specifically with the Russian campaign. Fortunately, there are great books out there for nearly every siginificant battle and event that Napoleon was in so this book is a great primer for those. Thanks to this book I've now picked out several other books to read on Napoleon, Nelson, Louis Davout and more.
One of the great things about the book is how easy it is to read. McLynn writes straightforwardly but interestingly. The pages fly by. McLynn does use a lot of words that you don't see every day so keep a dictionary handy. Words like "tatterdemalion" were certainly new to me, but its nice to learn some new vocabulary.
You will not be a Napoleonic expert after reading the book but you will have learned about all the significant events in Napoleon's life to be able to speak intelligently about them on a general level. This book should be enough for those who have a casual interest in Napoleon, but should also serve as a great starting point for those who want to learn more. For instance, the campaign in Russia is given good coverage in the book but left me yearning for more so one of my next purchases will be a book that deals specifically with the Russian campaign. Fortunately, there are great books out there for nearly every siginificant battle and event that Napoleon was in so this book is a great primer for those. Thanks to this book I've now picked out several other books to read on Napoleon, Nelson, Louis Davout and more.
One of the great things about the book is how easy it is to read. McLynn writes straightforwardly but interestingly. The pages fly by. McLynn does use a lot of words that you don't see every day so keep a dictionary handy. Words like "tatterdemalion" were certainly new to me, but its nice to learn some new vocabulary.
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