Originally published in 1829, John Gibson Lockhart’s biography of one of the world’s greatest military geniuses, endeavours to steer a middle course between diatribe and legend. His treatment of the many controversial topics with which the Napoleonic story bristles always bears the imprints of the author’s personality. His style is at once graphic and terse, easy and graceful; and his predilection for incidents and anecdotes of a personal and humorous ...
