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Pros
Roberts’ treatment enchants readers in the english language and inspires fanciful dreams about a myriad of possible trajectories of the modern world. At almost 900 pages with notes and index, roberts' biography appears daunting when it shows up in the... Read More
Cons
Roberts fails to address the staggering evidence of napoleon's warmongery. Any book that describes napoleon as a military genius has lost its way before it started. This one is too long and mr roberts will use a 10 cent word where a penny would do.
Sharp, choppy style further exacerbates the problem. Author's style is declarative and thus boring.
If this strikes you as simplistic moralizing, i'm afraid you won't find the book much more palatable. This book is 2 wide at the spine. Flipping back to them manually is extremely cumbersome. This double print blunder goes on for many pages.
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Quality
I am amazed and impressed by the amount of work put into this book but it has far too much detail than i wished
He gives the reader a broad understanding of napoleons reach militarily and culturally
It is not an easy book to read the quality of its writing notwithstanding
It associates with heaven an idea of equality that keeps rich men from being massacred by the poor … society is impossible with... Read More
Competitiveness
In his first command the french revolution swept away most of the competition for rank allowing him to advance with an extraord... Read More
An outstanding history marred by going waaaaaaay overboard on detailed accounts of napoleons many battles
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At times it is ridiculously bad and it is never good
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He was a genius who became a general at the age of 24 during the french revolution drove the austrians out of france went on to write new legal code introduced the metric system to france and rebuilt paris after its near destruction
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This is most complete biography on napoleon ever written
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The only biography of napoleon you need to read
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A very detailed read somewhat repetitive
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Loved the book but the french worded phrases it contained within the text intended to expand the sentences meaning were not translated and therefore did not add to my knowledge or enjoyment
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Would have been better with the translations of the phrases added or the phrases just left out of the book altogether
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The illustrations were great but would have been more valuable if shown when the character was introduced
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