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To: Sans-Culotte

Thanks to both you and Jason C for some great recommendations. I'll check out both Esposito and Elsing and Chandler. I read Vincent Croonin's biography of Napoleon about eight years ago.


37 posted on 12/23/2005 2:13:22 PM PST by hc87
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Vincent Cronin is a good place to start. Over-all, a bit too chummy with his subject, but he really humanized the Emperor. I always recommend Cronin as a starting point.

It's a strange bio in that, right around the time of the coronation, he abandons a linear time-frame, and does not get back on track until the Russian Campaign. I always felt it was as if he had cut some chapters.

Try to find some used copies of Elting/Esposito and Chandler. They are huge volumes, selling in the $60-$80 range (I think the Elting/Esposito Atlas is out of print).

I picked up a nice copy of The Campaigns of Napoleon in a used bookstore about 15 years ago for $35. I got the Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars used off Amazon.

After you check out the overview volumes, and get a good sense of what each campaign consisted of, you may want to pick up the best works on the individual campaigns for more detail. Happy reading!

38 posted on 12/23/2005 6:23:25 PM PST by Sans-Culotte (Meadows Place, TX-"Tom DeLay Country")
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