Napoleon

The Great Courses

by Jonathan Steinberg

Genres: Nonfiction, Biography, History, Audiobook

Unknown Binding

Published October 6, 2003

About the author

Jonathan Steinberg is the Walter H. Annenberg Professor of European History and former Chair of the Department of History at the University of Pennsylvania. He received his A. B. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from Cambridge University.

Reviews

[Alex Shrugged · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a 30 minute lecture from the Great Courses series "European History and European Lives". It is a reasonable overview of Napoleon, but it lacks a lot of the detail I would want in a real biography. On the other hand, it's only 30 minutes. What should I expect? He hits the highlights, but never mentions how Josephine felt when she was dumped by Napoleon for a Hapsburg princess.

I'll probably listen to this lecture again.