What is your favorite book on Napoléon? (1 Viewer)

[Grognard]

Just curious about this since I know that like me there are a lot of fanatics about Napoléon on this forum and I am always looking for a good book to read on this era...

I just added to my Napoleonic book collection and am currently reading Waterloo, edited by Lord Chalfont and published by Alfred A. Knopf New York 1980. I like the approach of this book since it gives you the perspective of the 3 armies involved: French, English and Prussians.
The oldest book I have in my collection is "Histoire of Napoléon (Life of Napoleon). It was published in 1834 in Paris (I read French) just 13 years after his death.

 

[theBaron]

Apart from Hofschrorer's books on the Allied armies in the Waterloo campaign, an American Heritage overview of Waterloo, and some Osprey titles, I don't really have anything on the Napoleonic Wars. But I do have Simon Schama's "Citizens", on the French Revolution, which I found to be an excellent narrative of the events leading up to Napoleon's rise. I recommend it.

Prost!
Brad

 

[Spitfrnd]

Just to be precise, I am a fan of the Napoleonic Wars, particularly those parts involving the British; I do not have all that much interest in the little corporal. Some of my favorites include: A Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars - V. J. Esposito; Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon by Rory Muir; The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War by David Gates; The Battle: A New History of Waterloo by Alessandro Barbero; The Waterloo Companion: The Complete Guide to History's Most Famous Land Battle by Mark Adkin; Wellington In The Peninsula 1808-1814 by Jac Weller; A History of the Peninsular War: January-September 1809 : From the Battle of Corunna to the End of the Talavera Campaign by Charles Oman.

 

[lancer]

Not a big Napoleonic collector/reader, but, I do own a couple of books which I really like. "Anatomy of Glory" by Lachouque is my favorite. I also have and like Lachouque's "Waterloo", Elting's "Swords Around A Throne", and "Napoleon's Army" by Rodgers. I also liked reading the Petre books. -- lancer

 

[Warrior]

Am currently brousing through Napoleon En Allemagne La Campagne De 1813 by Clement and Napoleon En 1814 La Campagne De France by Koch.

Napoleon as a General did some of his best work in the French Campaign of 1814, the campaign that preceeded the Waterloo Campaign...............

 

[milhaud1813]

Second to none to me, is the classic, "Anatmy of Glory", the Nafziger series is superb...........also, Sega's, Napoleon:Total War is super to play, now Peninsular War add on and Coalition,,,,1805-15. At anytime, you can have a human opponent step in for a battle or AI, it.