Being genuinely interested in the Napoleonic times and loving Paris, this book has been a real treat for me. It's informative and interesting while it also provides loads of useful information. The balance of text and illustration is perfect, too.

A well-researched guidebook. Definitely for someone with a basic familiarity with both Napoleon and Paris, but provided a nice overview of points of interest and some less travelled attractions (I specifically enjoyed the section on Pere Lachaise).

Many times, Mr. Buttery refers to this book as a "guidebook" but it is so much more than that. Reading this book and searching for images of places, people, and objects mentioned, I feel like I've had a fully-guided tour of Paris and gained a great deal of knowledge about its history. Everything you could want to know is included (the length of the index tells you all you need to know) both before and during a trip to Paris. If I ever manage to get to France again, I will be bringing this book with me.

My thanks to the author, publisher, and NetGalley for an advance copy to review. This review is entirely my own, unbiased, opinion.

A mix of travel information and history, a few images placed in the book. Tells the reader at the start of place basic tourist information like hours, admission and so on, then goes on to what Napoleon's impact on it was.

This is more than a book. Buttery gives us a deeply humane and expansive look at Paris through places connected with Napoleon. But it's not just Napoleon, nor just his time. The interweaving of place, events, culture and lives lived, makes this a permanent reference of how a world develops and reaches across generations. Paris, Napoleon, France, wars, and how we relate to them and their significance is not singular. Buttery is a companion as we understand those relationships. A marvelous book, full of marvel. I would recommend this book to anyone.

This book opened my eyes a bit more to what I've been missing. It was really good, and the authors perspective on the subject really came through. I highly recommend!