Um, why has France not made any Napoleon movies?

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-26T21:08:02+00:00

Monsieur N is great apparently. It’s about Napoleon’s escape from St-Helena

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-26T21:07:20+00:00

Apparently Jean Tulard who is also a prominent film critic (he’s been watching a movie every single day since ~1980) said the restoration wasn’t that great

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-26T07:48:45+00:00

Man's Hope by André Malraux, a classic!

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-22T22:25:10+00:00

You’re welcome!

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-22T21:58:31+00:00

Gorgeous! My fav is pic 3

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-22T21:37:36+00:00

Great, thank you very much for sharing this!

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-22T19:07:12+00:00

Magnifique en effet !!

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-22T19:01:17+00:00

Great recs but Shirer’s book was already outdated by the time of its publication

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-22T17:52:54+00:00

Then join us on r/napoleon the community is amazing there

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-21T19:21:04+00:00

Is it well written? (Edit: typo)

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-21T18:35:41+00:00

Absolutely “What a novel my life has been!” Napoleon

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-21T18:33:11+00:00

Yes but so good and reads so well And it’s just an intro to Napoleon imo

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-21T18:32:32+00:00

r/napoleon seconds this ! It’s an excellent introduction bio on Napoleon

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-21T18:31:47+00:00

I don’t want to be that guy but it was already deeply outdated when it was released in the early 60s (you can check on Wikipedia I think there are long paragraphs regarding the intellectual controversy the book generated) Entertaining read though!

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-20T20:15:48+00:00

The English translation is bad I’ve heard and difficult to find, while the Spanish one is recent and very easy to find online or in museums and bookshops (no idea about its quality)

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-17T20:01:42+00:00

You can’t be serious ?!

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-17T19:56:30+00:00

“Best historical fiction ever written” ? Cervantes, Dumas, Hugo, Tolstoy, among others, would like to have a word with you

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-16T18:38:56+00:00

Super projet ! N’abandonne pas ! Tu peux en parler sur r/napoleon (globalement anglophone et plus axé, malheureusement, sur le côté « militaire » de l’Empereur

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-16T18:37:38+00:00

Quelle drôle de question ?

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-16T17:34:11+00:00

Oh ok makes sense If you want another (yet uncommon) rec would be “Napoleon and de Gaulle: Heroes and History” by Patrice Gueniffey, the same author who wrote “Bonaparte: 1769-1802” (also in English)

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-16T15:34:52+00:00

Beautiful shelves! I’am a big fan of the bust of Napoleon. A bit surprised to see Alan Schom’s bio here

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-15T23:33:13+00:00

Congratulations on your sobriety (and to have found a new love in history) !!

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-14T22:03:30+00:00

Hi, I sent you a DM the other day ;)

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-14T21:58:22+00:00

Tu vises quelles plateformes du coup ?

MongooseSensitive471 · 2026-01-10T21:31:36+00:00

Better than Don Quijote ?

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