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"Show me a family of readers, and I will show you the people who move the world".  Napoléon Bonaparte Napoléon Bonaparte is indeed one of the most famous French statesmen and military leaders the world has ever known. He rose to power during the French Revolution and led historic and successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.  He became Emperor of the French bearing the title Napoleon I from 1804 until 1814 and briefly in 1815 during the Hundred Days.  History has seen his conquests, which included Egypt, Belgium, Holland, much of Italy, Austria, much of Germany, Poland and Spain. Quite a feat for a man who stood at a mere five-foot-two inches (in  French Metric System). But what people don't normally know or talk about is Napoléon's love for books and passion for reading.  He grew up reading Plutarch’s "Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans". He made time to read even while on campaigns. He commissioned his personal librarian ...