Publications : 38
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PublicationOn the Fields of Glory: The Battlefields of the 1815 Campaign
From the publishers:This […] history of the 1815 campaign provides a new […] account of the epic confrontation at Waterloo and, in addition, acts as a reliable guide to the battlefield and all related sites. The authors have divided the battlefield of Waterloo into three distinct sectors: one for each of the three armies […]
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PublicationNapoleon’s Master: A Life of Prince Talleyrand
From the publishers:“In this life of the […] diplomat, David Lawday follows Talleyrand's remarkable career through the most turbulent age Europe has known. The performance by 'Old Talley' […] peaks in [his] relationship with Napoleon which this book […] explores in intimate detail. […] The richly flawed and abundantly gifted character laid bare by […]
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PublicationNaples and Napoleon: Southern Italy and the European Revolutions, 1780-1860
From the publishers:In Naples and Napoleon John Davis takes the southern Italian Kingdom of the Two Sicilies as the vantage point for a sweeping reconsideration of Italy's history in the age of Napoleon and the European revolutions. The book's central themes are posed by the period of French rule from 1806 to 1815, when southern […]
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PublicationDVD: Napoleon’s Final Battle
A DVD of National Geographic's docu-drama on Napoleon. The DVD is issued in closed-captioned, colour, NTSC format and is viewable only on DVD players which read Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only) formats.For more information about “National Geographic – Napoleon's Final Battle” visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
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Publication(ed.), Regency Collections: Captain Gronow’s guide to life in London and Paris
This volume is a re-publication of the memoirs of Captain Rees Howell Gronow, a dandy who lived the high life in Regency London and Paris. Gronow had a reputation as being a byronesque figure, “mad, bad, and dangerous to know”, and a contemporary noted that he 'committed the greatest follies, without in the slightest disturbing […]
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PublicationIron Kingdom: The Rise and Downfall of Prussia
From the publishers:In the aftermath of World War II, Prussia–a centuries-old state pivotal to Europe's development–ceased to exist. In their eagerness to erase all traces of the Third Reich from the earth, the Allies believed that Prussia, the very embodiment of German militarism, had to be abolished. But as Christopher Clark reveals in this pioneering […]
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PublicationNapoleon and Europe: Volume One, 1801-1805, The End of the Old Order
From the publishers:An account and analysis of the Napoleonic era in Europe concentrating on the interaction of continental politics and the war which shaped our modern world.Perhaps no person in history has dominated his or her own era as much as Napoleon, and for this reason, most historical accounts of the Napoleonic era tell the […]
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PublicationCorrespondance générale de Napoléon Bonaparte : Tome 3, Les Pacifications, 1800-1802 (in French)
This third volume of the Correspondance générale de Napoléon published by the Fondation Napoléon with Editions Fayard contains 2,567 letters written during the period from 1800 to 1802, 700 of which are thought not to have been previously published. Whilst the previous periods (covered in the first two volumes) were dogged by possibly forgeries, from […]
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PublicationNapoléon, l’esclavage et les colonies
In France, 2006 is the first year in which a day has been set aside (10 May) as a slavery memorial day. And this is the day on which historians Pierre Branda and Thierry Lentz have decided to publish their detailed study of Napoleon's colonial policy, and specifically the First Consul's decision to reinstate slavery […]
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PublicationThe Judgement of Paris: Manet, Meisonnier and an Artistic Revolution
From the publishersIt is hard to believe it now, but in 1863, the French painter, Ernest Meissonier was one of the most famous artists in the world. The darling of the 'Salon' – that all-important public exhibition of Art held biannually in Paris – he painted historical subjects in meticulous detail and sold his works […]