Andrew Roberts @ 5x15 - Napoleon the great

Andrew Roberts has written or edited twelve books, and appears regularly on radio and television around the world. He has recently lectured at Yale, Princeton and Stanford Universities and at the US Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He commentated for NBC on the Royal Wedding of Prince William William to Kate Middleton, following his well-received broadcasts at the funerals of Diana, Princess of Wales and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, and the wedding of Princes Charles to the Duchess of Cornwall.

[charlybear]

Napoleon Bonaparte was such a great man.

[henrydupont]

Thank you, just read the book, masterful. I loved, amongst many things the reference to Hegel at Jena.

[Digmen]

Why only 2, 000 views? I really like watching and listening to Andrew, I have some of his books and have just ordered this book, but unfortunately the paper back as the hard back is very expensive and hard to get.

[Leopold]

yes, a fantastic book. just finished it and am now buying the hard cover version superb

[neilpemberton]

I've just started reading the book, and I had to laugh out loud at the following about the 21 year old protagonist: " Napoleon spent fifteen months reworking his Corsican history, but he was unable to find a publisher." 😄

[R.Kinney]

'The world is too modern. When Alexander The Great entered a city he had conquered the old women would come out to greet him and exclaim loudly; "Behold, the son of Jupiter!" When I ride in they spit on the ground, kick up the dust, and go; "Pah! Napoleon!"

[drstrangelove]

In his bio of Napoleon, Roberts notes that Napoleon was skeptical of religion and even questioned if Jesus ever existed. Napoleon said to his secretary on St Helena that "I thought that no contemporary historian has ever mentioned him (Jesus)." Roberts then says Napoleon must have been unaware that Josephus mentioned Jesus in his history of the Jews. (Napoleon, A Life. p. 271) Sorry Mr. ROberts but Josephus was NOT a contemporary of Jesus. It is a common mistake, Many forget that Jesus was long since dead by the time Josephus came along!! So Napoleon was right: NO CONTEMPORARY historian had noted Jesus existed at least as of today's body of evidence.

[Notteriva]

Andrew Roberts
His biography of Napoleon is essentially a ridiculous attempt to exalt
Wellington and the British troops. There are numerous errors typical of
English falsehoods when talking about Napoleon.