Publications

From the publisher: “Johannes Willms retells the history and the dramatic course of the battle which sealed Napoleon's fate. Written in a vibrant and rich language, his book is a compelling read, not only for lovers of military history. For a long time Napoleon seemed to be invincible. But in June 1815, the Emperor is […]

Edited with annotations and introduction by Ara Ghazarians. Translated by Catherine Carpenter. From the publishers: “The Memoirs of Roustam is a piece unmatched in Napoleonic literature, and with such an exotic author, it is among the most fascinating in the life and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte. Kidnapped in the Caucasus and sold in the slave markets of Constantinople, […]

From the internationally bestselling author of the Sharpe novels – this is Cornwell's first work of non-fiction. From the publishers:  “On the 18th June, 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days the French army had beaten the British at Quatre-Bras and the Prussians […]

The Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon in 1815 at Waterloo ensured British dominance for the rest of the nineteenth century. It took three days and two hours for word to travel from Belgium in a form that people could rely upon. This is a tragi-comic midsummer's tale that begins amidst terrible carnage and weaves […]

“1815 was the year of Waterloo, the British victory that ended Napoleon's European ambitions and ushered in a century largely of peace for Britain. But what sort of country were Wellington's troops fighting for? And what kind of society did they return to?Stephen Bates paints a vivid portrait of every aspect of Britain in 1815. […]

From the publishers: “The military achievements of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, have been well documented and deservedly so. Inevitably his fame and success made him attractive, nay irresistible, to the opposite sex and over the many years of his campaigning away from home he came into contact with a great number of […]

(written in French) No subject is ever completely exhausted in History and Waterloo, perhaps less than others: how many single battles can claim to symbolize the fall of an empire?In extracting this event from the mystique that has surrounded it for two hundred years this book by Thierry Lentz comes at precisely the right moment. On […]

From ther Publisher:   “After the bloody French Revolution, Emperor Napoleon's power is absolute. When eighteen year old Marie-Louise is told that the Emperor has demanded her hand in marriage, her father presents her with a terrible choice: marry the cruel, capricious Napoleon or refuse and plunge her country into war. To save her father's throne, […]

from the publishers: “Feared and hated by the crowned heads of Europe, the brilliant Corsican, who rose from daring young general to Emperor of the French, found himself desperately in love with a beautiful and promiscuous Creole woman. Cynical at first, she came to adore him, as he adored her. Set against a sweeping background […]

“This is the story of the towering ambition of a man willing to impoverish his people in pursuit of personal glory. From the disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 to his defeat on the battlefield of Waterloo three years later, Napoleon's fall has a certain inevitability about it. Writing in a clear, non-technical way, and […]