“Napoleon: A Life,” Andrew Roberts’ new and exhaustive biography on Napoleon Bonaparte, sees the French emperor as “the Enlightenment on horseback,” swiftly bestowing the blessings of ...

Napoleon Bonaparte did a lot, but he didn’t quite do it all. He did not, ... the famed ruler’s sprawling Wikipedia page. Napoleon’s main article is nearly 20,000 words, ...

Of the making of books about Napoleon Bonaparte, there seems to be no end. Two hundred years after the emperor’s death in 1821 on the island of St. Helena, he continues to be the subject of new ...

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) ... This new biography of Napoleon by the renowned French scholar Patrice Gueniffey is a new and comprehensive account of the early phase of Napoleon’s life.

More than once in “Napoleon,” Bonaparte is called the greatest leader in the world, but we never really see that leadership, other than him plugging his ears and giving orders to fire.

If you want to read his biography, or even see his horse, you can. By Victor Mather With the new Ridley Scott film “Napoleon,” starring Joaquin Phoenix and Vanessa Kirby, hitting theaters this ...

Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of the French, started out as the sallow-skinned, underwhelming, Italian-speaking Napoleone Buonaparte from Corsica. Sent away to become a military cadet, ...

Andrew Roberts' big, meticulously researched and very readable Napoleon: A Life is aimed at the general reader, but will appeal particularly to those who already know the essentials of his story ...