Any Napoleon experts on here?

[t1grm]

I'm looking for a copy of his memoirs in English. The ones he apparently wrote whilst in captivity on St Helena. When I search for memoirs of Napoleon I get hundreds of hits on the Bourrienne book:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleon-Bonaparte-Fauvel...

Whilst I am sure this is a very good read I don't think these are the actual memoirs Napoleon wrote on St Helena but rather Bourrienne's memories of his time with Napoleon.

If I search for Napoleon Bonaparte as an author I can find this (volume 1 of 5):

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Oeuvres-Compl%C3%A8tes-I-...

This looks much more like the real deal but is in French. I can pick my way through a bit of French but 5 volumes would take me a year or two!

Does anyone know if the latter is the original memoir and if so is it available in English or, is the Bourrienne book the same thing?

[bigandclever]

I think you can use this as a basis for your search ... https://www.amazon.co.uk/Memoirs-Napoleon-I/dp/094...

[t1grm]

How did you find that so quick! I just spent the last hour on Amazon looking!

[bigandclever]

My GoogleFu is strong

Cheaper is this one, French through German to English for some reason ... https://www.amazon.co.uk/MEMOIRS-NAPOLEON-WRITINGS...

Edited by bigandclever on Wednesday 7th September 14:45

[t1grm]

Thanks for the links. It seems the name has trans morphed into "Napoleon on Napoleon" over the years. This is the latest edition I can find but at 350 odd pages it must be heavily abridged. The original was three volumes:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleon-Autobiography-Em...