Summer reading 2003

A (light) selection of this and last year's books. For your delight on the beach…
 
Military/Naval
– POCOCK Tom, The Terror Before Trafalgar: Nelson, Napoleon and the Secret War, London: John Murray, 2002
– BRITTEN AUSTIN Paul, 1815: The return of Napoleon, London: Greenhill Books, 2002
– SMITH Denis, The Prisoners of Cabrera: Napoleon's forgotten soldiers, 1809-1814, New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002
 
History General
– JONES Colin, The Great Nation: France from Louis XV to Napoleon, London: Allen Lane The Penguin Press, 2002
– HORNE Alistair, Seven Ages of Paris: Portrait of a City, London: Random House, 2002
– FIGES Orlando, Natasha's Dance, A Cultural History of Russia, London: Penguin Press, 2002
 
Memoirs/Social History
– HIBBERT Christopher, Napoleon: His Wives and Women, London: Harper Collins, 2002
– FORREST Alan, Napoleon's Men: The Soldiers of the Revolution and Empire, London: Hambledon and London Ltd, 2002
– ALDER Ken, The Measure of All Things: the seven-year odyssey and hidden error that transformed the world, The Free Press, 2002
 
Biography
– ROBERTS Andrew, Napoleon and Wellington, London: Phoenix Press, 2002
– JOHNSON Paul, Napoleon, Viking Penguin, 2002
– COURTNEY Nicholas, Gale Force Ten: The Life and Legacy of Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort, Review, 2002
– CONSTANTINE David, Fields of Fire: a Life of William Hamilton, London: Phoenix Press, 2002
– VINCENT Edgar, Nelson: love and fame, London and New Haven: Yale University Press, 2003
– MANSEL Philip, The Prince of Europe: The Life of Charles Joseph De Ligne (1735-1814), London: Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2003