Napoleon III: A Life by Fenton Bresler

This new biography published by Harper Collins is the first on Napoleon III for twenty years, the last being by David Duff (Collins 1978) and Jasper Ridley (1979). Billed as a ‘popular historical biography in the mould of Christopher Hibbert and Antonia Fraser’, the author claims to bring to light new research and gives a lively treatment of Napoleon III’s lives and notably loves. A trained lawyer and former crime correspondent, Fenton Bresler has written biographies of Georges Simenon and Lord Goddard and books on general legal topics, notably Law without a lawyer on Interpol. This book is the fruit of a lifelong passion on Napoleon III. The work is presented on the Harper Collins website: go to http://www.harpercollins.co.uk/imprints/voyager/ and type ‘bresler’ in the search field. Napoleon III: A Life