Publications

This is the English version of Gallimard's excellent guide book to the route which Napoleon took on his escape from Elba and his return to Paris for the Hundred Days. It includes the history of the legendary 'Vol de l'Aigle' (Eagles flight) as the route is known, descriptions of the important buildings along the way, […]

 From the publishers:A portrait of the formidable trio of George Washington, John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. In “Inventing a Nation”, Vidal transports the reader into the minds, the living rooms (and bedrooms), the convention halls and the salons of Washington, Jefferson, Adams and others. We come to know these men, their opinions of each other, […]

This in-depth biography is an interesting new analysis of modern history's most famous general and statesman. Thank heavens Englund focuses on the political, rather than the military or personal, aspects of Napoleon's notorious and celebrated life, thus providing the reader with an interesting counterpoint to Paul Schroeder's inexorably corruscating treatment of Napoleon in his Transformation […]

 Fun– Walks through Napoleon and Josephine's Paris, by Diana Reid Haig– 'Elisa' the perfume, by Officina Santa Maria NovellaGo to the Napoleonic Directory, then select 'For sale' in the web site scrollbar menu Military– Napoleon's Last Grande Armée: portraits from the Dresden and Freiberg Manuscripts, 1813, by Alfred Umhey, (ed.) – Imperial Glory: The Bulletins of Napoleon's […]

Napoleonic atlas.

In this history of cavalry in the Napoleonic period, Digby Smith examines how battles could be decided by the skilful use of cavalry. He outlines the development of the mounted arm – describing the various types of mounted unit, their roles and abilities – and then sets out to describe how cavalry could turn the […]

A general public, 'légende dorée', treatment of Napoleon, this book suffers greatly in comparison to Englund's recent book Napoleon: a political life (Simon and Schuster, 2003). Markham is largely uncritical and mostly simplistic – some unfortunate errors (typographical?) have crept in – after Waterloo, Markham makes Blucher say (meaninglessly) 'Quelle d'affaire'. As ever when dealing […]

A vivid account of the events surrounding the Reform Act of 1832 – the most important in the last 300 years of British parliamentary history. The new Whig government, under the influence of thinkers such as Jeremy Bentham and political circles such as that of Lord and Lady Holland, flirting with French Revolutionary ideas of political […]

This elegant little book details four Napoleonic walks in Paris, a walk at Fontainebleau and another at Malmaison, and section dedicated to specific sites such as the Louvre. The work is arranged in chronological order and also gives shopping and restaurant hints.  Diana Reid Haig is an award-winning songwriter, annotator and audio producer. This is […]

This book provides the first serious academic exploration of the origins and development of the role of soldier-policemen: the gendarmeries of nineteenth-century Europe. Looking at how the model was first developed in France and then exported across nineteenth-century Europe, it is argued that gendarmes played a significant role in establishing the state, particularly in rural […]