A review by matteo_of_eld
The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History by Alexander Mikaberidze

informative slow-paced

4.0

Very dry, and sometimes its very clear that this is an unadorned translation (odd syntax, repeated use of the same descriptors in a short period, etc.) Its nature as a very broad overview also makes it perhaps less informative than what I was looking for. I would have given this 3 stars except that the goal of the book is also to draw lines between the Napoleonic Wars specifically in Europe to the events in the rest of the world in a way most other histories of the time period do not. It also presents a much more nuanced view on Napoleon as a politician and attempts to undermine some common myths and legends about "Allied" performance. For this, I will bump it to 4 stars.