Publications : 64
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PublicationEnd of a Dynasty: The Last Days of the Prince Imperial, Zululand 1879
From the publishers: Paul Deleage, a young correspondent attached to the prestigious French newspaper Le Figaro, was sent to report on the Prince Imperial’s African adventure during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. In fact, Deleage was the only French journalist to cover the war. His account of the three months he spent with the British […]
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PublicationThe Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against Kutuzov
From the publishers:On 7 September 1812 at Borodino, 75 miles west of Moscow, the armies of the Russian and French empires clashed in one of the climactic battles of the Napoleonic Wars. This horrific – and controversial – contest has fascinated historians ever since. The survival of the Russian army after Borodino was a key […]
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PublicationThe art of warfare in the age of Napoleon
From the publishers:This book […] was first published in 1978 and concentrates on the techniques and conditions of warfare at the fighting level rather than strategic interpretation or analysis of the major commanders. As Napoleon himself once said: “There are many good generals but they see too many things at once”. Professor Rothenberg's erudite study […]
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PublicationNapoleon at work
From the publishers:First translated in English in 1914, Napoleon at work is a detailed, step-by-step analysis of the military tactics and methods adopted by Napoleon Bonaparte in the time leading up to, and during, the Jena Campaign in 1806. Written by the […] French tactician and strategist Colonel Vachée, it examines and illustrates the military […]
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PublicationThe Officer’s Prey (novel)
From the publishers:June 1812. Napoleon begins his invasion of Russia leading the largest army Europe has ever seen. But amongst the troops of the Grande Armee is a savage murderer whose bloodlust is not satisfied by battle. When an innocent woman is brutally stabbed Captain Quentin Margont of the 84th regiment is put in charge […]
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PublicationFrench Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792–1815, (Elite 159)
From the publishers:Bonaparte's Grande Armée, one of the most renowned battle-winning machines in history, evolved from a merging of the professional army of the Ancien Régime and the volunteers and conscripts of the Revolutionary levée en masse – although the contribution of the former is often underestimated. A leading authority on the history of tactics […]
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PublicationNapoleon’s great adversary: Archduke Charles and the Austrian army, 1792-1814
From the publishers:This book gives a thoroughgoing survey of the Austrian army from its initial organisation trhough its subsequent reforms. As well as detailing all the major battles and campaigns, it explains clearly the political, economic and social climate of Austria in the period in order to place the Austrian army in its context. The […]
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PublicationNapoleon’s Wars: An International History, 1803-1815
From the publishersNo other soldier has provoked as much argument as Napoleon Bonaparte. Was Napoleon a monster, driven on by an endless, ruinous quest for military glory – or was he a social and political visionary brought down by the petty, reactionary kings and emperors, clinging to their privileges? “Napoleon's Wars” is a book which […]
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PublicationNapoleon and the invasion of Enlgand: the story of the Great Terror
From the publishers:First published in 1908, this is an in-depth study of the period 1797-1805, when the threat of a French invasion of England reached it height. It was a danger which dominated the thoughts and conversations of the English population to such an extent that the period was to become known as the 'Great […]
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Publication(ed.) The 1857 Rebellion
On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the memorable 1857 Rebellion, this book situates the way the nature of the Rebellion has been debated over the last century and a half. This is achieved by tracing the historiography of the Rebellion and incorporating vital selections – including tracts from some out-of-print books – to […]