A fearsome foe on the battlefield, a lovestruck romancer at night -- Napoleon Bonaparte is one of the most fascinating and polarizing figures in history. This detailed biography by John Gibson Lock...

BCC: There are various orders of greatness among which a great man may be classed. This first, because the highest, is moral greatness, where the soul binds itself to virtue, and passes its life in...

Originally published in 1829, John Gibson Lockhart's biography of one of the world's greatest military geniuses, endeavours to steer a middle course between diatribe and legend. His treatment of th...