Napoleón
by Andrew Roberts · first published 2014
27% recommend64% neutral9% critical
Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar, he was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all times. Andrew Roberts's Napoleon is the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation. At last we see him as he was: protean multitasker, decisive, surprisingly willing to forgive his
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"The Autobiography of Malcom X" What a crazy life he led. "Napoleon: A Life" - Andrew Roberts A gigantic book that still felt rushed because of how much he did during his life. "Babylon: Mesopotamia and the Birth of Civilization" Kriwaczek, Paul Interesting introduction…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2016?” ↗Napoleon A Life by Andrew Roberts read by John Lee Worth the time to listen to the 32+ hours.
on “Ask HN: What are the best audiobooks you have ever listened to?” ↗Napoleon by Andrew Roberts. It's one of those rare works of history that is both highly informative and a real pleasure to read. It helps that Napoleon lived one of the most extraordinary lives in human history.…
on “Ask HN: What is the best thing you read in 2022?” ↗…27. 'Limonov' by Emmanuel Carrère. Translated by John Lambert 28. 'Little Failure: A Memoir' by Gary Shteyngart 29. 'The Madwoman In The Volvo: My Year Of Raging Hormones' by Sandra Tsing Loh 30. 'Napoleon: A Life' by Andrew Roberts 31. 'No Good Men Among The Living: America, The Taliban, And The War Through Afghan Eyes' by Anand Gopal 32. 'Not I: Memoirs Of A German Childhood' by Joachim Fest. Translated…
on “Notable Books of 2014” ↗I remember when reading "Napoleon: A Life" by Andrew Roberts, Napoleon wasn't a big fan of the base-10 metric system, but he figured it would be the best way to break with the hundreds of different measuring systems in place in France…
on “The 39th Root of 92” ↗Oh yeah, no disrespect to Napoleon or France. I have Andrew Roberts' Napoleon in my reading queue for later during this quarantine. I just meant that it represents a very foreign era relative to now, though maybe I should think of it as…
on “A Conversation with Bertrand Russell (1952) [video]” ↗…Dying recently, maybe I just wasn't in the right headspace for it but I really couldn't make head nor tails of it. I was looking forward to reading Faulkner too, and this has soured me for a little bit. Napoleon by Andrew Roberts defeated me. I was finding it interesting but I guess the sheer size put me off. I don't often read non-fiction so I find those a lot more difficult to get through, I want to work on…
on “Ask HN: What books have you not finished?” ↗I read andrew roberts napoleon front and back three times and I still love the new movie. must be the odd one out. then again I love gladiator and walked into that one knowing it's not gonna be a real representation of historical…
on “Napoleon: Two Centuries of Life After Death” ↗When Ridley Scott's Napoleon came out, I picked up Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts. Turns out Napoleon kept a copy of Ossian on him at all times during his war campaigns. Going deeper into the rabbit hole, I bought a copy of Ossian.…
on “Ossian, the ‘Homer of the North’, the greatest literary hoax (2016)” ↗> Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts Napoleon kill the first French republic and actually reduce the size of territory control by France. Napoleon is IMO one of the most overrated historical figure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Paris_%281815%29
on “You can just read 25 books” ↗Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts
on “Napoleon: Two Centuries of Life After Death” ↗