WHAT I LEARNED FROM NAPOLEON (AFTER READING 70+ BOOKS ABOUT HIM)
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- You (must) read those five books before seeing Ridley Scott 's Napoleon. These books will teach you how to think like Napoleon, how to turn obstacles into opportunities and sharpen your mind.
Personally, I want to see Napoleon even more than I wanted to see Nolan's Oppenheimer this year.
My interview with Ruth Scurr artidote.uk/episodes/ruth-scurr
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Books included in this video:
Emil Ludwig's book: amzn.to/3sJQfgI
The mind of Napoleon (not available on amazon) amzn.to/47HIOWt
Napoleon and his Gardens by Ruth Scurr amzn.to/3uh86Mp
Napoleon's Plunder by Cynthia Saltzman. amzn.to/49HX42Z
Andrew Roberts Napoleon. amzn.to/3QHRoNP
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00:00 Ridley Scott, Napoleon 2023
2:12 The God of War: Napoleon in the footsteps of Caesar
4:35 Book I: Ubermensch
6:26 Book II Think like Napoleon
7:39 Book III: Napoleon 'The Scientist'
9:48 Book IV: Napoleon 'The Art Dealer'
11:22 Book V: Genius, Tyrant, Lover
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It's true that Napoleon was the master of his own destiny, and that's why he rose so high. Most people just get blown around by the wind, and are not masters of their own destiny, but a few have the courage, the imagination, and the drive to take charge of their lives, to devote their lives to a great purpose, and those few accomplish remarkable things. And because of that they are long remembered! Napoleon was a spectacular example of such a man. It was inconvenient for the British at the time, so they didn't like him....and they are still busy taking potshots at him to the present day. Thus, we have a bad movie by Ridley Scott, depicting a very unlikely version of Napoleon. The British would have loved him if he'd been born an Englishman! 😄
You think the victims of his genocide loved him?
Anyone interested in the film of "Napoleon" really should view Abel Gance's jawdropping and moving masterpiece "Napoleon" all 5 hours of it. BFI have issued a 4 disc set. The actor in the lead role (Albert Dieudonné) is superb and this is the French telling the story. Watching this - where Abel Gance is inventing the psychological portrayal and visual grammar of film is exciting - his slightly earlier work was studied repeatedly by Eisenstein and his contemporaries in Russia and they attribute their learning to it. For the final battlescene, Abel Gance had multiple separate projections side by side for a super-wide extraordinary immersive grandscale sight. If you watch it, you'll understand why the French judge the new film by such a high standard and find it lacking.
Absolutely agree! It’s a masterpiece of cinematography and nobody succeeded in making a film like that about Napoleon ever since , and that was 1927!
So glad you've seen it@@VashikArmenikus
I have to say that you have the most stern, passionate and comprehensive commentaries on RUclips. I thank you.
Thank you so much! I’m blushing on the other side of the screen
This is the best commentary yet regarding the Napoleon movie. Why? Because it shows the greatness that was completely neglected by the movie. This also is a great introduction to the love and value of reading and books.
The Ridley Scott movie is a biased parody on one of the greats of history.And practically all of the viewers and critics realised that.Even the British.
The British,by the way,have written some of the best books on Napoleon.That are worth reading.
Totally agree. I think Scott wanted to show that ‘emperor is naked’ but he showed that the only person who is naked is him
I've read several biographical books on Napoleon, and watched a number of documentaries about the Napoleonic wars, but 70 is OVER the top. I found the repetition after only a few to be too much. Kudo's to you for your focus.
I watch your videos whenever I want to start a new and challenging task in my studies. Your passion for exploring and learning always raises my mood.
Oh Zahra, thank you so much! That's so kind of you :)
Your channel is a hidden gem thank you for sharing you knowledge with us! 😊😊
Thank you, thank you and once again thank you! It's so inpiring to read comments like yours:)
I recently finished a book by Frances Mossiker called Napoleon and Josephine: rage Biography of a Marriage. I enjoy straight-up biographies about Napoleon, but they tend to erase Josephine from his world. This was a very balanced and compassionate book. Personally, I’m just as fascinated by his great capacity for love as I am his military genius.
I am curious to know if you have seen Ridley Scott’s film and if you have , what do you think about the portrayal of napoleon there
Perfect. Once again buying books after your excellent video. Thanks.
Thank you Michail! Which one you think you're going to get? :)
Very impressed that you've read 70 books on Napoleon. Guess, I'll start with Emil Ludwig for now : ) Tnanks once again for your recommendations.@@VashikArmenikus
Thanks Vashik, excellent videos!
Thank you for this selection of books (the first one seems very interesting).
As a French person, most of the books I read about Napoleon were written by French authors or historians.
I already knew Andrew Robert's biography and I am curious to read it because he is British but his book seems balanced, not a good old anti Napoléon propaganda.
Thanks to emphasize that Napoléon was not only a soldier, he was a true son of the Enlightenment.
After the Coup d'État in 1799, some of the conjurators discovered that Bonaparte was not just "a sword", someone, maybe Sièyes, said after a meeting "Gentlemen, we have a master. This young man knows everything, wants everything, can everything!".
Thank you for the recommendations! I’ll get those books. I have read others, but not these. The first one sounds delectable.
You are welcome 🤗
Earlier I bought Age of Napoleon at a used bookshop. He is a fascinating figure.
He certainly was!
Written like Les Misérables? Okay, sold.
Great video. I'm looking forwars to seeing the new movie.
Ummm yes you'll be disappointed not sure why you think you think you'll like it 🙄🤣
@@6Haunted-Days Victor Hugo is one of my favourite authors. No need to be rude, there :)
@@ProseAndPetticoatsI think the person meant you will be disappointed by the film 😊 have you seen it? What did you think?
@@VashikArmenikus Let's just say I enjoyed the overall experience! :) What about you? Since you know a lot about Napoleon himself... :)
Yes Napoleon Bonaparte was brilliant .
He was a megalomaniacal killer of millions.
If you had to pick one book to read about him.. what would you pick? Im an avid reader and like detail/history thanks
If you want a detailed work then Andrew Roberts's bio is perfect, if you prefer something more entertaining I would go for Emil Ludwig's bio :)
Which is the best book that explains everything about his life in one book.
Let me guess...... He was not an stupid as portrayed in the new film......
The actor in the film sounds like "I found the crown of France in the gutter" in Brooklyn. The voice is all wrong. The tone is wrong, not just that the actor is American - sounds so anyway IMO. You have done excellent work here. Right away you prove Napoleon was a deep man and complex, not the trivial helpless little fellow in the film. The film should have been titled "The Humiliation of Napoleon By Josephine" as a soap opera. Even the portrayal of Marie Antoinette was very unfair to her. Even her enemies apart from the painter David who couldn't allow himself to concede anything to her said she conducted herself with great dignity, courage and grace when she went to her death.
It was an absolute disaster of a film
i didn't like the movie i literally got up and left the theater half way through the film. i thought it was a biopic, it's not based on his life story. It's based on his wife Josephine and their relationship dynamic. They made the homie Napoleon seem like a simp
Great content but your background music is annoyingly loud difficult to hear you clearly. Please consider in the future to remove it. Will make your video more accessible
Thanks for the advice! Will take into account in the future videos :)
Do you like Napoleon cake ?
Karina , go away 😂
Gmab, the only thing Scott got right about napoleon is the name. Ridley set back public perception of Napoleon by decades with that garbage film.
Doubt it. I think people are intelligent enough to see his propaganda.
The movie was terrible
Totally agree
Sorry, I. Find very little to admire in Napoleon. He was a monster in the same way many other people who love power and war are monsters. ,
So you came on a Napoleon video just to state you view him as a monster?
Not at all, I was interested in the review and in Napoleons life. I do not understand the adulation for a General and self appointed "Emperor" who obviously adored war through which he brought bloody death and destruction on such a scale. He clearly got kicks out of waging war. My grandfather who was a maj General of the Royal Marines who fought at Galipoli, and brought the word commando into the English language told me that there are men who love war and they are manic monsters, and he hated them. I respect that view from someone who saw people like Napoleon and knew what evil they do.
Agree: Warmongers are the bane of humanity. I like how the new movie ended not with a list of his triumphs, but a toll of how many people died because of him
I am glad at least someone agrees with me that adulating people like Napoleon is not altogether a good thing to do. @@9750939
All of you who write here in this section,talk rubbish.And reveal ignorance of the historical interconnections of this period.Plus a lack of judgement and a biased attitude.
Warmongers: The responsibility for the wars of this period reside within the whole situation.
The revolutionary wars began before Napoleon became influential.
The British were continually paying the other European powers to wage war against France and have always done the same whenever any European power became too strong and they thought that their supremacy might be threatened.Whereas they brought war to the whole world to build their Empire.
The British also plundered the whole world for objects of Art and archaeology,see the content of the British Museum.
The other monarchs of Europe,and the aristocracy,opposed anything coming from France after the Revolution,for fear of being possibly confronted with revolutionary upheaval in their own countries.
So the number of deaths are NOT the responsibility of Napoleon alone.That is nonsense.
Apart from that,the death toll of this period is not so bad,considering its length and compared to other periods of history.Seen in adequate perspective.
Whereas the period itself is basic to the development of Europe since then.Due to Napoleon
and despite the efforts of the other powers to maintain the status quo.
And Napoleon was NOT a warmongering monster.Nor was he evil in intention.
Pathetic...And then he got destroyed by a small island called Haiti. A new country with no real military training. Think about that for a second. Dessaline left the dead bodies of soldiers on the dirt of the mountains. When the enemy came back, they saw their peers with their heads cut off, rotting on the ground.
You can't train an ant to become king of the jungle. Europe is just weak physically and when it comes to War. Sure they can win against themselves and other continents when the other continents are weak without bombs.
Your nickname doesn’t match your comment.
My god you can’t this stupid what an idiotic comment, Yeah Europeans were so weak at war they only had the largest empires ever only matched by the Mongols under the khan’s and even then the British empire was bigger. Please read a history book.