Steven Englund

This sophisticated and masterful biography brings new and remarkable analysis to the study of modern history's most famous general and statesman. As Steven Englund charts Napoleon's dramatic rise and fall, he explores the unprecedented power Napoleon maintains over the popular imagination.

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Patrice Higonnet

"This beautifully produced study of Paris‹elegant layout, many illustrations‹adopts a 'mythic' approach to the city's tumultuous, many-faceted past...[This] is the kind of history of Paris we might expect from a Roland Barthes (Mythologiques) or Walter Benjamin (The Arcades Project). If this prospect excites you, here's your book."
‹Michael Dirda, Washington Post

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Hagen Schulze

"[Schulze] march[es] briskly through the centuries to produce a highly engaging, compact volume that shouldn't scare off general readers...He has produced a lucid primer that is a valuable addition to a field crowded with dense, specialized volumes. Mark Twain once explained that he was writing a long letter because he didn't have time to write a short one. Schulze clearly had the time, and used it well."
‹Andrew Nagobski, Washington Post Book World

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