... a tyrant but claims there was a kind virtue about this quality. No one would disagree with the idea that Napoleon was tyrannical, but other's would contest the idea of this being a virtue, for example A.D. Harvey suggests that people should view Napoleon "not as general who became a dictator, but as a dictator who became a general"(1). One thing becomes clear about Napoleon is that many historians over the last two centuries have debated his actual character. Most would agree that he was a genius, and that he had a very prosperous career, Goethe goes as far to say, "His life was the stride of a demigod"(1). However some are less flattering Ugo Foscolo described Napoleon in 1814 just before his defeat at Waterloo as "a liar without a motive"(1). This seems an unfair accusation of Napoleon, he was renowned for his meticulous planning of events, down to ...

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