Publications

 From the publishers:  What if Napoleon Bonaparte had escaped from St. Helena and wound up in the United States in 1821? Former French Emperor Napoleon has been imprisoned on a dark wart in the Atlantic since his defeat at Waterloo in 1815. Rescued in a state of near-death by Gulf pirate Jean Laffite, Napoleon lands in […]

 From the publishers:  This study provides the first book-length account of U.S.-Habsburg relations from their origins in the early nineteenth century through the aftermath of World War I and the Paris Peace Conference. By including not only high-level diplomacy but also an analysis of diplomats' ceremonial and social activities, as well as an exploration of […]

This is volume one of Michael Broers’ biography of Napoleon. Yes, it’s Napoleon’s life story. But there are some striking new takes which make it a fascinating read. One that spoke to me was Broers’ insistence on the Corsican childhood. The Oxford academic’s distinction between Corsicans of the interior and the Corsican coastlanders (aptly set […]

  From the publishers:  This book examines, for the first time, the history of the social, cultural, political and economic presence of the French in London, and explores the multiple ways in which this presence has contributed to the life of the city.The capital has often provided a place of refuge, from the Huguenots in […]

 “I have long been pondering on, and turning over in my mind, the place taken by Napoleon Bonaparte in our national consciousness, the glory attached to his name. I have long been struck by the mark he has left on our history. I wrote this book as a politician, as a man with an inside […]

 From the publishers:  Walter Bagehot (1826–1877) was a prominent English journalist, banker, and man of letters. For many years he was editor of The Economist, and to this day the magazine includes a weekly “Bagehot” column. His analyses of politics, economics, and public affairs were nothing short of brilliant. Sadly, he left no memoir. How, then, […]

  From the publishers:  An idealistic, young sea captain faces a test of courage, two gutsy teenagers come of age and a life-scarred black seaman finds redemption in a big story: the desperate battle on land and sea by a band of Chesapeake Bay heroes to save Washington from burning in the summer of 1814 and their […]

 From the publishers:  Jackson's Sword is the initial volume in a monumental study that provides a sweeping panoramic view of the U.S. Army and its officer corps from the War of 1812 to the War with Mexico, the first such study in more than forty years. Watson's chronicle shows how the officer corps played a […]

 From the publishers:  Winner of the Hercule Poirot Prize for Best Crime Novel “It is 1870, and Paris is in turmoil.   As the social and political turbulence of the Franco-Prussian War roils the city, workers starve to death while aristocrats seek refuge in orgies and séances. The Parisians are trapped like rats in their beautiful city […]

 From the publishers:  As a result of an astonishing series of victories (Champaubert, Montmirail, Monterau or Craonne…), Napoleon was able to place the French Campaign at the heart of the legend of his life. Indeed, he was not wrong to do so. Irrespective of the fact that it ends with the Emperor's abdication, it was […]