[identity profile] snurri.livejournal.com 2010-07-26 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I tend to glaze over, if not skip over, the battle scenes as well. I personally like the books a lot better when Napoleon is way off stage.

[identity profile] jocelina.livejournal.com 2010-07-26 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
I did enjoy his cameo in... the fourth book, I think? But otherwise, yes, I much prefer it when he's on another part of the globe than the protagonists.