Publications : 1272
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PublicationThe Regency Revolution: Jane Austen, Napoleon, Lord Byron and the Making of the Modern World
The fascinating story of the Regency period in Britain – an immensely colourful and chaotic decade that marked the emergence of the modern world. The Regency began on 5 February 1811 when the Prince of Wales replaced his violently insane father George III as the sovereign de facto. It ended on 29 January 1820, when […]
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PublicationNapoleon’s Paris: A Guide to the Napoleonic Sites of the Consulate and First French Empire
Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most influential rulers in European history. Renowned as a military commander, he was also a great statesman, administrator, lawmaker and builder – and his civic achievements outlived and arguably eclipsed his victories on the battlefield. Yet while there are a host of biographies and studies of his military and […]
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PublicationFashioning regulation, regulating fashion: the uniforms and dress of the British Army 1800-1815 Volume II
The second part of an investigation into the clothing orders of the late-Georgian British Army, combined and contrasted with an analysis of fashion in the same army – comparing the regulated dress with the ‘modes of the army’ as revealed by contemporary writing and illustrations. The first quarter of the nineteenth century witnessed a refinement […]
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PublicationFashioning regulation, regulating fashion: the uniforms and dress of the British Army 1800-1815 Volume I
This book is the first part of a two-volume investigation into the clothing orders of the British late Georgian army, combined and contrasted with an analysis of fashion in the same army- comparing the regulated dress with the ‘modes of the army’ as revealed by contemporary writing and illustrations. The first quarter of the nineteenth century witnessed […]
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PublicationBritain, Portugal and South America in the Napoleonic Wars
In the maelstrom of Napoleonic Europe, Britain remained defiant, resisting French imperial ambitions. This Anglo-French rivalry was, essentially, a politico-economic conflict for pre-eminence fought on a global scale and it reached a zenith in 1806-1808 with France’s apparent dominance of Continental Europe. Britain reacted swiftly and decisively to implement maritime-based strategies to limit French military […]
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PublicationTom Wedgwood at Waterloo: The Life of Thomas Josiah Wedgwood who Fought at Waterloo
Thomas Tom Josiah Wedgwood (1797 1860) was the grandson of the English potter and entrepreneur Josiah Wedgwood, and the son of John Wedgwood and Louisa Jane (Jenny) Allen. Tom was a professional soldier, gazetted Ensign in the 3rd Foot Guards at the age of sixteen. Less than eighteen months later he was sent to fight […]
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PublicationUniforms of the Armies at Waterloo: Volume 1: The British Army
Drawn from authentic sources by Charles Lyall, 1894 Launch of a series of uniforms on the armies at Waterloo 1815, drawn by Charles James Lyall, one of the classic English uniform artists at the beginning of the 20th century. Lyall compiled numerous series of British, Indian and various European armies and epochs. His works can […]
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PublicationUniforms of the Armies at Waterloo: Volume 2: The Allied Armies
Drawn from authentic sources by the artist Charles James Lyall, one of the classic English uniform artists at the beginning of the 20thcentury. In 1894 Lyall launched a series of uniform plates on the armies at Waterloo in 1815. Lyall compiled series of numerous uniform prints of British, Indian and various European armies and epochs. […]
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PublicationThe Franco-Prussian War, 1870–1871: Touring the Sedan Campaign
In 1870 France embarked on a war with Prussia and her allied German states that was to be a complete disaster. For Napoleon III, after his ignominious surrender with thousands of his troops from the Army of the Rhine and the Army of of Chalons, it meant his abdication and exile. For France it resulted […]
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PublicationThe Death of the French Atlantic > Trade, War, and Slavery in the Age of Revolution
Publisher’s presentation “The Death of the French Atlantic examines the sudden and irreversible decline of France’s Atlantic empire in the Age of Revolution, and shows how three major forces undermined the country’s competitive position as an Atlantic commercial power. The first was war, especially war at sea against France’s most consistent enemy and commercial rival […]