With this expanded new edition, the Munich author presents the most comprehensive biography of Napoleon in a single volume to date. Napoleon and his contemporaries speak for themselves, recounting many details through historical quotes, letters, speeches, orders, and more, which make the eventful era of Napoleon still so interesting and vivid today, two hundred years later. The author aims to place the statements and opinions of those who expressed significant thoughts during this time at the center of historical events. The reader only needs to listen and will easily understand why things unfolded as they did. New chapters include "Napoleon in the Shadow of Glory," which discusses the numerous mistakes, defeats, and misjudgments of the great political and military genius and how he dealt with them. For the first time, it addresses...