Napoleon (A Wicked History) Paperback – February 11, 2010

My wife was making piles of my son's books to give away now that he's 16, and I saw this one and picked it up. Two paragraphs in and I was hooked. I sat at our kitchen table and read the whole thing (it's not that long--took me about an hour, I'd guess). Yes, this is a book that a middle-schooler can read, but it's not dumbed down at all, and the quality of the writing is excellent--I was not surprised to learn that the author is also a published novelist (and went to Harvard). I was expecting this to read like work for hire (which I'm sure it was) but instead, I found a gripping, lean narrative about Napoleon that gave me a good sense of the contours and high points of his life and career. Seriously, this thing is a page-turner. Hats off to Ms. Heuston. We're still giving the book away; I hope its next owner reads it and enjoys it as much as I did.

My kids and I read this for our homeschooling. I enjoyed getting more knowledge about Napoleon. Not a boring book!

The book is in pretty good conditions almost new!

Like most of this series, this book is a good way to introduce children to historical characters. However, the author paints a bit too rosy a picture of the French Revolution. "Liberty, equality, fraternity" is a nice propaganda slogan, but the author seems to treat it almost as a literal description of the Revolution.

fantastic book with perfect purse size to read while waiting for bus or trapped in waiting room at drs office great read love it never to old to go back to school and learn new topics

It was ok

it gives good information for any regents students.

It was a very good book i learned so much and it was also very short and once again it was good

Short summary. Exactly right.