Our favourite books featuring Napoleon
As Ridley Scott's historical epic hits the big screen, we take a look at Napoleon on the page.
Ridley Scott's Napoleon biopic, starring Joaquin Phoenix, has just opened in cinemas. But the French military commander is no stranger to film – nor to books. Here are some of our favourite fiction reads that feature Napoleon.
Although she doesn't reference specific dates or events in her novels, Jane Austen lived and wrote during the period of the Napoleonic Wars and war features as a backdrop to several of her novels. Officers of the local militia form a significant role in the plot of Pride and Prejudice, Fanny Price's brother is training in the Royal Navy in Mansfield Park and Captain Wentworth has recently returned from war in Persuasion.