Best biography/historical work on Napoleon and his era?

>Napoleon - Andrew Roberts
>Napoleon - Georges Lefebvre

memoirs of general marbot
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2401

115 military maxims of napoleon
https://web.archive.org/web/20080302034741/http://www.bellum.nu:80/literature/napoleon001.html

>>9702235
Napoleon the Great - Andrew Roberts (best modern biography)

The Campaigns of Napoleon - David Chandler (if you want something more focused on his military achievements)

Could also try reading his autobiography

>>9702235
I can't speak to whether it's the best - it's probably not - but Paul Johnson's monograph for Penguin Lives offers an informed, well-written overview, which recognizes N's greatness but also notes his shortcomings, particularly wrt the various government systems he devised, which he was never really able to place on a firm, long-term financial footing.

>>9702235
Emil Ludwig's Napoleon.

bloy - the soul of napoleon