Gwendolyn Rice reviews The Man of Destiny for Isthmus.
photo by Michael Brosilow
“Pasternak paints Napoleon with great intelligence but limited patience — his emotions frequently breaking through his otherwise composed exterior. Gloating too soon, he is continually fascinated and exasperated by the confident woman before him... Watching the pair argue is like seeing two masters fence — attacking, retreating, regrouping and restrategizing on the fly.”