napoleon

‘Emperor Napoleon the Great’

The book Napoleon by Felix Markham is a biography of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Emperor of France in the early nineteenth century. The reader is lead through his development from a child on the island of Corsica, to his prestigious career as a French general, to his reign as the French Emperor, and finally to his exile on the small island of St. Helena. The book not only relays the events in his life but also discusses the forces in and against which Napoleon was working. There exists a good balance between Napoleon’s weaknesses and his moments of genius.
Felix Markham, the author, attempts to expose the true Napoleon Bonaparte to the reader. The biography is designed to show Napoleon Bonaparte’s thoughts, as well as, actions. Markham reveals Napoleon’s personality through his deeds, journal entries, and writings by the people who surrounded him. By the end of the book Markham hopes that the reader will have a greater understanding of...