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Andrew roberts explores the personal antagonism of the two men. Roberts suggests that wellington had nothing short of an obsession with napoleon. He traces their careers, campaigns and battles well but lightly, as he leads to waterloo.
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I would not consider this history to be essential reading except for buffs of the napoleonic wars and it gets a onepoint deduct... Read More
I am impressed by the previous reviews
I had recently read two biographies of napoleon so i was somewhat familiar with the subject matter
Competitiveness
Napoleon never commanded a company or ever a regiment
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I picked it up at the library intending to just read a couple of pages
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The next thing i knew i was 82 pages into the book
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For example wellington pursued and seduced no less than two of napoleons mistresses
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Indeed for a man of wellingtons supposedly victorian understatement he talked of his victory over napoleon incessantly
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It is typically understood that napoleon was an egomaniacal selfobsessed dictator
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I would not consider this history to be essential reading except for buffs of the napoleonic wars and it gets a onepoint deduction for its somewhat sordid tabloidish quality
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This is indeed a character study and it was very sad to read of these two great captains aging not into wisdom but rather into lesser control of their vanity
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He apparently was personally offended by the overwhelming displays of martial valor contra france for he left the party earlywithout taking formal leave of his host
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