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Napoleon
By Emil Ludwig
Ludwig, Emil. Napoleon Eden Paul and Cedar Paul, translation.
Biography ludwig napoleon
New York: Boni & Liveright, 1926. 707 pages. Hardcover. (Out of Print.)
Emil Ludwig's biography of Napoleon, now 74 years old, continues its remarkable presence as a classic of Napoleonic literature and has yet to be surpassed for its unique presentation.
Writing in the present tense, Ludwig brings to life his subject's character better than any other biography of Napoleon.
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Although long out of print, Ludwig's masterpiece remains one of the most easily found biographies of Napoleon in second-hand bookshops and over the Internet. A recent check of the Advanced Book Exchange site (www.abebooks.com) showed almost 500 copies of various paperback and hardcover editions ranging in price from $5 to $30 (with only 11 copies matching the description of first edition with dust jacket).
Ludwig (1881-1948) was 45 and living in Germany when he published "Napoleon" in 1926 and, fortunately for the