Napoleon Books?

I've really become interested lately in Napoleon and the Napoleonic wars, and outcomes that happen afterwards. I hope to read up on him a lot more (btw NOT the III, if you were wondering), and I was wondering if you guys had any good books on him. Any books, but preferably more on his role as ruler of France and during his reign in power.
 
I recently finished a biography on Napoleon by Luigi Mascilli Migliorini. I found it quite good despite the fact the author is a bit fatalist in my opinion: I have the impression he says everything was meant to happen starting the French navy's destruction at Trafalgar. But apart from that, it is a quite good and very detailled biography. Plus, it talks a lot about the context surrounding the events of Napoleon's life.

Aside from that, I could recommend you books written by French authors Jean Tulard and Max Gallo who are specialists on Napoleon but I don't know if they have been translated in English.
 
I have two books to push.

The first one is - The Napoleon options: alternate decisions of the Napoleonic wars by Jonathan North

The second one is - Rites of Peace The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna by Adam Zamoyski

The first one describes scenarios where France could have won the Revolutionary/Napoleonic Wars. Some scenarios are a French invasion of Ireland, Napoleon conquers the middle east. Some are implausible such as France winning in Russia, and that leading to Russia's collapse into anarchy.

The second one describes the the latter half of Napoleon's reign. Pretty much it details attempts of France to get a peace in 1813, the issue of Saxony almost causing another war, the emergence of Prussia, which Bourbon to restore to the French throne, and Napoleon's Hundred Days.

Both books can be found on Amazon.com.

Wishing you well, his majesty,
The Scandinavian Emperor
 
I recommend avoiding Alan Schom's biography of Napoleon. When I ran into phrases like "shaking his little fist in the air" I realized Schom was somewhat biased against his subject. When I found myself reading through the descriptions of battles and not having any clear idea how he could possibly have won, I realized the book was biased to the point of uselessness.
 
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