bThe definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of iChurchill iand iThe Last King of Americai--winner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for the Plutarch prize, winner of the Fondation Napoleon prize and a iNew York Timesi bestsellerb p A thrilling tale of military and political genius... Roberts is an uncommonly gifted writer. --iThe Washington PostipAusterlitz, Borodino, Waterloo his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George Washington and his own hero Julius Caesar, he was one of the greatest soldier-statesmen of all times. p Andrew Roberts's iNapoleon iis the first one-volume biography to take advantage of the recent publication of Napoleon's thirty-three thousand letters, which radically transform our understanding of his character and motivation. At last we see him as he was protean multitasker, decisive, surprisingly willing to forgive his enemies