Publications

Should ambition cease with death? Napoleon Bonaparte doesn't think so. His ghost is actually hungrier than ever. The ex-emperor has no intention of allowing his premature end to thwart his destiny or threaten his legacy. But death holds unexpected surprises for the restless spirit of the nineteenth-century's most infamous tactician. Set in 1821 on the […]

From the publishers: “Napoleon Bonaparte was the most caricatured figure of his time, with almost 1,000 satirical drawings about his exploits being produced by British artists alone. The diminutive, pugnacious French emperor was a gift to cartoonists and the Napoleonic Wars were the main topic of interest for some of the greatest artists of ‘The […]

From the publishers: “After Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, he was sent into exile on St Helena, arriving in October 1815. For the six years until his death, he was an 'eagle in a cage', reduced from the most powerful figure in Europe to a prisoner on a rock in the South […]

Nick Foulkes discusses the battle of Waterloo in the social context of the British”expatriates” settled in Brussels. The most famous ball in history, the Duchess of Richmond's ball, attended by Wellington and most of his officers was famously interupted by the news that Napoleon and his troops were on their way.  Here are a few reviews in […]

From the publishers: “June 1815. Everything seems quiet in the countryside around Waterloo. In Brussels the Dutchess of Richmond holds a ball the night of the 15th. But what is happening? The French are coming. There is the Battle of Quatre-Bras and of Ligny. It is pouring down with rain the following day. Around 11:30, the […]

“The Battle of Waterloo: symbol of victory, of defeat and place of memory”(The conference proceedings for the International study days, held in March 2015 at St John's International School, Waterloo, edited by Peter Hicks, collaboration between the Fondation Napoléon and the Bataille de Waterloo 1815 asbl and Editions de la Belle Alliance). Lecture transcripts in French with […]

First published by George Philip in 1987, this book is published in 2015 with new material as part of the introduction. From the publisher's: “This book offers a fresh view of the most famous man in history. It shows him as a monarch rather than a genius on the battlefield. Although Napoleon arose through the events of the Revolution, he […]

First published in 1974. The writer and composer Anthony Burgess was fascinated with Napoleon from a very early age. In 1971 he wrote the beginnings of a novel based on Napoleon's life that Stanley Kubrick hoped to use as the basis for a film. The novel took the formal structure of Beethoven's Third Symphony (the Eroica, […]

First published in 1974. The writer and composer Anthony Burgess was fascinated with Napoleon from a very early age. In 1971 he wrote the beginnings of a novel based on Napoleon's life that Stanley Kubrick hoped to use as the basis for a film. The novel took the formal structure of Beethoven's Third Symphony (the Eroica, […]

From the publisher: “On 18 June 1815 some 200,000 men fought in what would be the most important land battle Europe had ever seen, the Battle of Waterloo. It was not the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars, nor would it actually be the last, but it ultimately brought to an end almost a quarter of […]