Napoleon

Vibrant and illuminating … [Dywer] tells a fascinating tale – Lawrence James * The Times *Refreshing scholarship … Energetic, readable and filled with colourful detail … Napoleon: Passion, Death and Resurrection is a thoroughly enjoyable book which divides well the reality of exile from the legend that sprang from it – Ambrogio A Caiani * Literary Review *Remarkable … a satisfying, psychologically convincing account … Even-handed and authoritative, this fascinating and highly enjoyable book will be an eye opener even to those who think they know the subject well – Praise for ‘Napoleon: The Path to Power 1769-1799’ * Sunday Times *The work that Dwyer was placed on earth to write … We are clearly in the presence of what will be a monumental work … meticulously researched and well-written – Praise for ‘Napoleon: The Path to Power 1769-1799’, Andrew Roberts * Literary Review *A very fine book, which explains Napoleon’s extraordinary rise to power and equally meteoric fall, with great erudition, skill and verve – Praise for ‘Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815’ * Spectator *Exemplary scholarship … A book of meticulous research and beautifully detailed descriptions of Napoleon’s military adventures, brings home the full horrific cost of the march on Russia – Praise for ‘Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799-1815’ * New Statesman *

Philip Dwyer studied in Perth (Australia), Berlin and Paris, where he was a student of France’s pre-eminent Napoleonic scholar, Jean Tulard. He has published widely on the Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras, and is Director of the Centre for the History of Violence at the University of Newcastle, Australia.