What's the best book to read on Napoleon?
I love napoleon
>>275734
interested in a particular period of his life OP? a campaign? his rule over emprie?
>>275734
Campaigns of Napoleon by Chandler is the definitive napoleonic text
Not OP, but I'd love to read books in the Napoleonic era that aren't too academic. I remember reading a sample from a memoir that was written by some British guy during what I think was the second coalition (?), talking about how Scottish troops were the best behaved, and about how Wellington was a ladies man. I wish I could remember the name, it was a great bit of literature and I would have loved to read the whole thing. Anyways, I'd like something that's informative, but not too heavy reading.
To give an example, I don't want Infantry in Attack, I want Panzer Commander.
>>275734
Phenomenology of Spirit
>>275897
this
also Chandler does an excellent commentary on Napoleon's military Maxims
>>275734
Sharpe's Waterloo
>>275734
Benjamin Constant - The Spirit of Conquest and Usurpation
>>275734
Napoleon: A Life by Andrew Roberts.
>>275897
Chandler confirmed
You should start with the greeks.