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Title: Disorganized and Disappointing -- I agree
Review: When I bought the book here there were no reviews here yet. I came back to say what was said very well under "Disorganized and Disappointing." I fully agree with that assessment. The part about the book being badly edited doesn't exaggerate. The maps are worthless.The book would be 50 pages shorter if the useless, confusing battle descriptions were greatly pruned. This might have been used to expand on the Code Napoleon, and other social reforms he supposedly instituted, and to add more anecdotes of his behavior which might shed light on the man. I have been told of a few by a knowledgeable French informant.Disorganized and hard to follow, one won't understand Napoleon when done - just know a few highlights of his life. And you certainly won't like Napoleon, but I don't yet know if this is a fair judgement or not. This was my first biography of the man.I don't feel that this will set the standard on biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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