I just got done reading Dwyer's "Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power". In the past we've had the legend noir and the legend rose as the two compass points of Napoleonic biography. Dwyer has come up with a new point: Napoleon: What a Dick! After finishing this book, I think it's safe to assume that Napoleon refused to put the toilet seat down after using it.

At one point Dwyer spends three or four pages discussing Napoleon's dickish behavior towards subordinates, including kicking, punching and slapping them, then ends the section saying that others close to Napoleon never witnessed such behavior.

Dwyer is always able to divine Napoleon's inner thoughts and they were always dickish.

At every step, Dwyer reports, Napoleon had no public support, that the public was indifferent to everything he did at every point of his regime from the Coup d'état to the Hundred Days.

Dwyer thinks Napoleon's a real dick to take assassination attempts personally.

I could go on. Really, you'd think Napoleon slept with Dwyer's mother, the way he treats him in this book.