Publications

 The Battles of Quatre Bras and Ligny are often overshadowed by the Battle of Waterloo that took place two days later. Yet the events of 16 June 1815 were crucial, as Napoleon missed his chance of achieving a decisive victory. Peter Hofschroer's guide to these two critical engagements tells the story of the campaign and […]

 The Waterloo Campaign begins with Napoleon's return from exile in February 1815 to his defeat and final exile to St. Helena in August. The Waterloo campaign consisted of three major battles: Ligny, Quatre Bras and Waterloo. Mr. Nofi covers all three battles. He uses 16 maps to show troop positions at different times of the […]

  First detailed account of how so much of Empress Josephine's collection came to be at the Hermitage Museum.

 From the publishersThis is a book about the exploits of the British fleet during the blockade of France during the Napoleonic wars. John Thomas Serres, pupil and son of the marine artist Dominic Serres, was on board one of the ships. The visual material in this book was commissioned by powerful civilian members of the […]

 From the publishersEven as a child, Napoleona Elisa Bacciochi, daughter of Elisa Bonaparte, was a miniature version of the emperor, the same look, the same character (quick to anger and overbearing). She grew up with absolute belief in the Napoleonic myth and in 1830 became involved in a plot dreamed up by the Bonaparte cousins […]

From the publishers: Napoleon Bonaparte died on May 5th, 1821 on the island of St Helena from complications of stomach cancer proven by autopsy. However, when analyses of trace elements on single strands of hair became available in the 1960s, it was found that some samples of his hair contained increased levels of arsenic which lead […]

From the publishers:Not just another story of the Waterloo Campaign of 1815, 'A Desperate Business' concentrates solely on the British Army, beginning with the mustering of the army following Napoleon's escape from Elba, through to the build up to the campaign, to the battles of Quatre Bras and Waterloo, and continues through to the advance […]

This book is a collection of beautiful photographs of the island accompanying two previously unpublished period texts giving a military and civil report on the island during the time of Napoleon's captivity there. One, the “Military Report on the island of St Helena, May 16th 1816”, by Major Emmett with the assistance of Basil Jackson […]

 From the publishersIn 1746, Neil MacEachen left his native South Uist for the last time – in the company of Prince Charles Edward Stuart and hunted by Hanoverian forces on land and sea. Three-quarters of a century later, Neil's son, Marshal Alexandre MacDonald, Marshal of France, created Duke of Tarentum by Napoleon, and High Chancellor […]

An intimate account of the rural community of Weert (Southern Netherlands) in the age of Napoleon. This small-scale society was disrupted by the introduction of military conscription. In the end, 12% of its male population served in Napoleon's army. Half of them never returned… In lively portraits both conscripts and their relatives come to life, […]