Publications : 38
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PublicationAdmiral Lord St. Vincent: Saint or Tyrant?
From the Publishers: “This biography of John Jervis, who became Admiral Lord Vincent, makes compelling reading. It throws an oblique light on Nelson’s personality. St Vincent, who was born twenty-three years before Nelson, and survived for eighteen years after Trafalgar, fundamentally influenced the younger man’s career despite the two men being diametrically different characters. Yet […]
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PublicationMémoires de la Reine Hortense
From the publishers: “Daughter of Alexander and Josephine de Beauharnais, stepdaughter of Napoleon, Hortense de Beauharnais would also become the Emperor's sister-in-law when she married Louis Bonarparte, future King of Holland. Exiled after Waterloo, she appointed herself the guardian of the Napoleonic saga and decided to write her Mémoires… … Retracing the story of the Empire […]
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PublicationResisting Napoleon: The British Response to the Threat of Invasion, 1797–1815
From the publishers: The long war with Revolutionary France had a fundamental impact on British political culture. The most dramatic example of this is the mass mobilisation of the British people in response to French invasion threats throughout the last years of the century but, most spectacularly, in the period 1803-5, after the collapse of […]
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PublicationChasseur Barres – The experiences of a French Infantryman of the Imperial Guard at Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Friedland, in the Peninsular, Lutzen, … and Hanau during the Napoleonic Wars.
From the publishers: Chasseur Barres is a classic memoir of a French soldier of Napoleon's Imperial Guard. Barres enlists in the 'skirmishers' of the Guard and dons the distinctive (and often despised) bearskin of his corps. From that point he embarks on a life of perpetual hard soldiering which takes him to most of the […]
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PublicationAUSTERLITZ: Napoleon and The Eagles of Europe
In this illustrated account of Napoleon's greatest victory and the campaign that preceded it, Ian Castle sheds light on the actions of the commanders and questions the assumptions – and explores the myths – that have shaped our understanding of the event ever since. His account follows every twist and turn of a war that […]
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PublicationFrigates of the Napoleonic Wars
For every naval officer, the frigate was the most sought after command. It offered the excitement of independent service with the prospect of a glorious single-ship battle or a fortune to be made in prize money. Their actions have been the stuff of history and sea fiction for generations, but the ships themselves are hardly […]
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PublicationQueen Hortense: A Life Picture of the Napoleonic Era
Translated from German by Chapman Coleman.
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PublicationAnatomy of Glory: Napoleon and His Guard
This classic work by Commandant Henry Lachouque was translated and adapted by Anne S. K. Brown. Includes over 180 illustrations, 86 in full colour. The plates provide valuable information regarding uniform colours and style, and the text gives the definitive history of this elite military corps.
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PublicationWagram: At the Heyday of the Empire
This is a full colour book on this major battle in the Napoleonic Wars. A detailed text is accompanied by contemporary paintings and a vast array of graphics illustrating the uniforms and equipment of the soldiers of the time.F. G. Hourtoulle is a military historian and the author of Austerlitz: The Empire at Its Zenith.
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PublicationFrench Hussars Vol. 2: From the 1st to the 8th Regiment 1804-1812 (Officers & Soldiers)
French hussar regiments are reviewed in detail in this second volume; the previous one was published in 2004.