>what are you reading
Napoleon by André Castelot

>How far have you read
Read one volume (out of ten) yesterday

>Your thoughts on it so far
It's fucking awesome. I know it's almost 60 years old so it's bound to not be historically accurate but I love how it focuses much more on Napoleon's personal life and his psychology. It's a complete page turner The copy I have has more than 30 photos per volume showing letters, the places, portraits and all. It also has more chapters than the one they sell on amazon nowadays (there was one that was entirely revolving around Josephine's backstory in the first volume that seems to have been cut from newer releases for some reason). I had already read Andrew Roberts' biography but honestly this one, despite being so old and long, blows it out of the water.

>What are you gonna read next
Idk maybe Don Quixote or Gueniffey's biography of Napoleon because it apparently is the definitive one of our time, but he hasn't released volume 2 yet. I was also considering reading Rousseau's Confessions

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