Napoleon by Andrew Roberts. It's one of those rare works of history that is both highly informative and a real pleasure to read. It helps that Napoleon lived o

Napoleon by Andrew Roberts. It's one of those rare works of history that is both highly informative and a real pleasure to read. It helps that Napoleon lived one of the most extraordinary lives in human history. Key takeaway, in the saucy words of the great man himself: "Fortune is a woman. The more she does for me, the more I will require of her."