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Napoleon

Napoleon

A Life

by Andrew Roberts

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appears in Napoleon, Best Biographies, and History.

The definitive biography of the great soldierstatesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War?winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography and the Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoleon Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military...

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