Press reviews : 884
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Press reviewThe Nelson Dispatch, vol. 7, part 12, October 2002
Articles'Nelson's 1805 battle plan', by Colin White, pp. 792-797 also online at http://www.jmr.nmm.ac.uk/free_articles/a10028/a10028_nelsons_battle_plan.htm'John Richards Lapenotiere and HM Schooner Pickle' by Peter Hore, pp. 799-809'Captian James Cottell RM – an interesting life', by Michael Charles Cottell, pp. 816-825'And don't spare the horses', by Derek Allen and Anthony Cross, pp. 827-839'A Spaniard at Nelson's death', by Juan […]
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Press reviewNapoleon by Paul Johnson, reviewed by Frank McLynn
Frank McLynn, author of biography of Napoleon, reviews Paul Johnson's recent short treatment of Napoleon in the The Independent.
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Press reviewJohnson, David, ‘Amiens 1802: The Phoney Peace’,
History Today, vol. 52, Issue, 9, 9 September 2002, pp. 20-26, also available on line at the following link.
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Press reviewBrooks, Richard, ‘The Italian Campaign of 1859’
Military History Magazine, available online at the following link.
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Press reviewThe Nelson Dispatch, vol. 7, part 11, July 2002
Articles'Developments on Nelson's Island, Aboukir Bay', by Nick Slope, pp. 725-729'Nelson and the Hamiltons on tour, day-by-day, 21 July – 5 September, 1802' by Edward Gill (1987), pp. 730-733'Retracing Nelson's steps in Oxford', by Frank Pond, pp. 735-738'Horatio's holiday', by Trevor Fishlock, pp. 739-744'Nelson in Birmingham, 1802', by Mark Barrett, pp. 750-758'Nelson in Warnemuende Roads, […]
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Press review19th-century Medical History Recent Publications
The Institute of Historical Research in London has a special section for Medical History. On list of recent publications and reviews are books of 19th-century interest, notably:Insanity, Institutions and Society, 1800-1914: A social history of madness in comparative perspective, Joseph Melling and Bill Forsyth (eds)Contagion. Disease government and the 'social question' in nineteenth-century France, by […]
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Press reviewRNR, Rivista Napoleonica Revue Napoléonienne Napoleonic Review, 2/2001
'Play, Society and cultures in Europe and Italy between the 18th and 19th centuries', ed. Paolo Bianchi and Andrea Merlotti The historiographical problemsP. Bianchi, A. Merlotti 'Play, Society and cultures in Europe and Italy between the 18th and 19th centuries; research directions, by way of an introduction' (in Italian), pp. 11-26 Articles– S. Hughes, 'Deadly Play. Napoleon, […]
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Press reviewThe Journal The Research Paper of the Napoleonic Association Spring 2002, Vol. 1, issue 1
Contents:– An officer's equipment (from The Military Guide for Young Officers, 1772), p. 2– La légion Maltaise, p. 3– The Young Whitelocke (biography of General Whitelocke), p. 4– 'The Billy Ruffian' (history of the ship the Bellerophon), p. 5– The 35th Foot (history of the regiment during the Napoleonic period), p. 6 – Full list of […]
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Press reviewThe Defender British Militia and Volunteer Study Group, Napoleonic Association Summer 2002
The Defender – British Militia and Volunteer Study Group, Napoleonic Association`Nelson takes command', p. 1`The King's pardon', p. 2`Norfolk Volunteers 1806' p. 3`The Islington Volunteers (part 2)', by Kevin A. Smith, pp. 4-5`Martellos', p. 5'Cleaning materials', p.5Book review 'Invasion' (Dan Cruikshank), p. 6Inns of Court and City Yeomanry Museum, p. 6Attempted sabotage (London Gazette of […]
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Press reviewThe Member’s Bulletin of the Napoleonic Society of America, Bulletin 71, Spring 2002
'Why Napoleon', by Scott Laboda, pp. 1, 3'Théodore Géricault's “The Raft of the Medusa”, part II, by M. D. Zarzeczny, pp. 4-7'Chapter XVIII' from The Court of Napoleon or Society under the First Empire by Frank B. Goodrich, 1856, pp. 7-8, 10-11'Waterloo: Bias, Assumptions and Perspectives', by Doug Allen, 12-15'Key to Waterloo', by Peter Hofschröer […]