Michael Broers is Professor of Western European History at Oxford University. He is the author of, among other books about revolutionary and Napoleonic Europe, 'The Napoleonic Empire in Italy, 1796–1814', winner of the Grand Prix Napoléon, 2006. 'His Napoleon: soldier of destiny', was published in 2014, the first of a three-volume biography. His latest book is 'A History of the European Restorations' (2019).