- Emperors, Biography, History, New York Times reviewed
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.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
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About the book
- Author
- Andrew Roberts
- First published
- 2014
- Pages
- 926
- Publisher
- Viking, Ediciones Palabra
- Editions
- 2
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780670025329
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