Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon stands unrivalled in his position as history's foremost commander, a reputation justly earned in the course of nearly 20 years' campaigning in such diverse theatres of operation as Italy, Egypt, Spain, Germany, Poland, Russia and France. Taken together, his nearly 60 battles - some of them of far-reaching military and political significance - profoundly shaped the course of modern Europe, fundamentally changed the methodology of war and influenced the character and ambitions of a man whose mind and method continue to fascinate students and scholars today. This is a military account of Napoleon's martial career, examining the tactics and leadership skills he displayed and including in-depth assessments of his role at Austerlitz, Borodino and Waterloo, the three battles that were to shape his destiny. Book jacket.

Gregory Fremont-Barnes holds a doctorate in Modern History from Oxford University. A visiting Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, he has written on a wide range of military and naval subjects, including The French Revolutionary Wars, The Peninsular War, 1807-1814, The Fall of the French Empire, 1813-1815, The Boer War, 1899-1902, The Wars of the Barbary Pirates, Trafalgar 1805, Nelson's Sailors, The Indian Mutiny, 1857-58 and American Bomber Crewman in World War II, 1941-45. He is also editor of the two-volume Encyclopedia of the Age of Political Revolutions and New Ideologies, 1760-1815, the three-volume Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and co-editor of the five-volume Encyclopedia of the American Revolutionary War.