Napoleon

“Excellent.”—The New Yorker

“A masterpiece.”—Wall Street Journal

“The university lecturer in history at Oxford has approached the impossible; he has written a new life of one of the most written-about figures in modern history with freshness, vivacity, fine scholarship, and penetration.”—The Boston Globe

“Markham has achieved a startlingly vivid and coherent picture of Napoleon’s career, of the social and intellectual influences that molded it, and of the men and forces that opposed it. The military events, the political movements, the personal intrigues—all appear, each in its proper places and perspective.”—Los Angeles Times

Felix Markham (1908-1992)

Born in Brighton, England, Felix Markham graduated from Oxford, where he subsequently taught history for forty years. His published works include Napoleon and the Awakening of Europe and The Bonapartes. He also served as editor and translator for works such as Henri Comte de Saint-Simon, 1760-1825: Selected Writings.

Steven Englund

Steven Englund earned his doctorate from Princeton after studying at Cambridge. He has held academic positions at UCLA, the Université de Paris VIII, Sciences Po, and l’École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales. He is currently a Distinguished NYU Professor at the American University of Paris.

His books and coauthored works include The Inquisition in Hollywood: Politics in the Film Community, 1930-1960 and Napoleon: A Political Life. The latter received the History Grand Prix of the Fondation Napoléon and the J. Russell Major Prize from the American Historical Association for best book in English on French History in 2004.

Englund contributes to publications such as La Revue des Deux Mondes, Le Monde, La Revue d’Histoire Moderne et Contemporaine, Commonweal, and Cross Currents. He was a Guggenheim Fellow from 2005 to 2006.

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