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The Napoleonic Wars

Written by: Alexander Mikaberidze
Narrated by: Steven Crossley
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The Napoleonic Wars saw fighting on an unprecedented scale in Europe and the Americas. It took the wealth of the British Empire, combined with the might of the continental armies, almost two decades to bring down one of the world's greatest military leaders and the empire that he had created. Napoleon's ultimate defeat was to determine the history of Europe for almost 100 years. From the frozen wastelands of Russia, through the brutal fighting in the Peninsula to the blood-soaked battlefield of Waterloo, this book tells the story of the dramatic rise and fall of the Napoleonic Empire.

©2020 Alexander Mikaberidze (P)2020 Recorded Books
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informative and broad.

Great book. takes a broader look at the effects of the war globally.
I have read several books on this period, but this is the only one I can think of that touches on the Brittish East India Company, Haitian revolution, China, Japan, and many more often overlooked aspects.

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Thorough but early long

Good and comprehensive review of the early 19th century European wars and their impact on the world. European history impacted and dominated events that set the stage for much of the 20th century conflicts. Exhaustive analysis with some side tracks but worthwhile.

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Painful

Although there was a ton of detail, which is why I purchased the book, it was torture to listen to. It was like listening to someone read an encyclopedia.

A few hours were interesting and I did learn a lot, but overall this was a tough one to get through.

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Banal in expression, trite in judgment and episodic in narrative. Lots of detail but little insight.

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Excellent book!

I'm giving low on the performance scale because there are some weird audio issues left in, but great work otherwise!

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  • John Gaston
  • 2021-01-15

No description of battles

This book is titled “the napoleonic wars” there is no detailed description of any of the battles.

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  • Mike D
  • 2021-05-31

Very Thorough Book

This book gave a very thorough, comprehensive, and unbiased look at any and all factors of the Napoleonic Wars. I appreciated that it dealt not only with European matters but every conceivable theater or culture that was affected by the conflict(s). I'd highly recommend for a in-depth understanding of this era.

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  • James Messelbeck
  • 2021-05-23

Contains all I wanted

I have always been curious why France went to war after their revolution and the consequences. This in depth account answered all my questions and stimulated new questions for my continued study.

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  • Dena Bruce
  • 2021-12-04

Horrible narration

In the last couple weeks (simply for scale), I've gone through about five 18-35 hr history books, covering the 18th - late 20th centuries. I really wanted to at least tolerate this one, but the narration is almost aggressively boring. I honestly think it would have been impossible to read it in a more sleep-inducing manner if inducing sleep were the only thing between the narrator and certain death. I may have to try reading it myself, with my own eyes, even if it means I have to keep the cats out of the way. The reader has a lovely voice, but I feel he might do better to focus on recording bedtime stories and sleep aids.

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  • Laura K
  • 2021-12-30

Outstanding

I read a biography on Napoleon (by Andrew Roberts) about a year ago and wanted to circle back to a deeper dive of the military history of the conflicts. This book is very much not a robust military history in that individual battle tactics largely play no role in the book. That said, this book had a fascinating global perspective. While the book was more political than military, it certainly provided greater context to the conflicts and was very enjoyable. Definitely recommended.

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  • WISDOC
  • 2021-03-28

One of the Best Books

I usually avoid comprehensive reviews of historical eras or global eras, since they are typically difficult to digest in a meaningful manner.
That said I found this narrative very easy to follow in that cover western historical content usually kept as isolated events.
I will likely listen to this narrative again.

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  • Chris M.
  • 2021-07-14

Very educational book

Very educational and an extremely well researched piece about a very exciting time in history. However, to me it immediately felt like it narrated with the intent to mimic a textbook.

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  • Mike Millea
  • 2021-05-08

An exhaustive history

this book covers everything, I mean everything about the Napoleonic War. Not a bad thing but be prepared to know about every part of the world. also the editing is a little having, with some sections being repeated takes of the same sections being left in.

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  • Jesse L Tryon
  • 2022-11-09

More about East India Company than French Revolution

Not a bad book on a whole, except for frequently repeated lines. My biggest complaints are the absence of Napoleon’s rise and the French Revolution in anything more than a passing line. It spent much more time on the BEIC and British trade in general than it did on France

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  • Jonathan Orie
  • 2022-10-05

Excellent

The book itself is quite good in telling the history of the Napoleonic wars. Beyond the military aspect, it goes into detail on the motives behind each involved nation and the direct short term and long term impact.

For those looking for pure military history, this is not it. It’s focus is socio-political impact and it does it quite well.

The author does give some background to assist any readers who are more fresh to the era but only SOME. Expect to know some key figures, policies, and historical events as the author does tend to throw them out with expectance of familiarity.

The narrator also does a great job, especially considering the multilingual names, places etc. there is the odd recording gaffe here and there but it’s never detracts from the whole experience. I’d recommend to anyone passionate on the Napoleon Era.

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