Publications

 These memoirs, written by Albert Jean Michel de Rocca in 1814, differ from other texts on the War of Independence written by French soldiers in their incisive tone, curiosity, and respect for the Spanish. Through Rocca's elegant descriptions of the Napoleonic army's struggles in Spain, the reader is presented with both the story of the […]

Ludovica Cirrincione d'Amelio, Maria Pia Ludovisi Bruzzese This exceedingly interesting book contains transcriptions (in French) of, and notes (in Italian) on, fascinating intimate letters (a good number of them published for the first time) from members of the Bonaparte family to Lucien, held in the Archivio Campello, itself part of the Fondazione Primoli in Rome. Some […]

In October 1815, Napoleon and his companions, accompanied by a British garrison charged with guarding him, landed on a remote and rocky island in the middle of the South Atlantic. The quiet history of this tiny colony was to be changed forever by this unexpected arrival. With the history of Napoleon Bonaparte on St Helena […]

 From the publishers:Drummer Richard Bentinck of the 23rd of Foot (Royal Welch Fusiliers) was a rarity: he survived many sanguinary experiences and recorded his adventures. His writings provide an evocative portrait of an ordinary soldier's perception of living with one of the most experienced Napoleonic infantry battalions.   He was discharged in 1823 for ill health, […]

  From the publishers: Lieutenant Charles Crowe's journal of the 27th Foot (Inniskillings) of the final campaign of Wellington's army is a rare work for many reasons. It is, perhaps surprisingly, the first memoir about this campaign from this famous regiment to be published.  Crowe wrote a daily journal at the time. But what makes it […]

 From the publishers:This book takes a look at the military and political career and subsequent downfall of Joachim Murat. Renata de Lorenzo presents this biography of the soldier who made his name on the battlefield, alongside Napoleon, and who later reigned as king of Naples. Taking in his humble origins, his phenomenally successful military career, […]

A political laboratory for the creation of Italy: The Roman Republic of 1849 From the publishersThis rich volume is a collection of essays, documents and images recounting the places, the events, the protagonists, and the remembrance of the political foundations stones laid in 1849 in the construction of modern Italy.This brief historical episode left a rich […]

 From the publishers:In this companion volume to her 2009 book, Redcoats Against Napoleon, Carole Divall tells the inside story of a typical infantry regiment during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Rather than focusing on the history of the 30th Regiment of the Line in action and on campaign, she explores its organization, traditions and hierarchy, […]

 The proceedings of the international conference “Imperio napoleónico y la nueva cultura política europea”, held in Madrid in April 2008, have been published in Spanish. This collection of articles, edited by Michael Broers, Agustín Guimerá and Peter Hicks, takes a look at the Napoleonic Empire and the birth of a new European political culture, and […]

 In 1840, Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, in exile since his uncle Napoleon I was chased from the French throne, attempted a night-time landing on the beaches of Boulogne. His goal: to march on Paris. Alas, the attempt was to fail miserably: captured with ease, the prince became the laughing stock of France and was sentenced to life […]