Publications : 64
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PublicationNapoleon’s Invasion of Russia
From the publishers[…] Dodge's work on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 [recounts] Napoleon's doomed march on Russia. Dodge examines Napoleon's state of mind and the factors behind his decisions using personal letters and genuine reports. How could Napoleon, a proficient strategist, have led his army into such an atrocious situation and underestimated the severity […]
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PublicationBonaparte in Egypt
From the publishersOriginally published in 1962, J. Christopher Herold's Bonaparte in Egypt is the [an] account of this extraordinary campaign. In a detailed study […] Herold covers all aspects of Bonaparte's expedition: military, political, and cultural. It was a bold adventure, full of drama, topped and tailed by the extremes of total triumph and utter […]
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Publication1809: Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon’s Defeat of the Habsburgs Vol. I Abensberg
From the publishers:The Franco-Austrian War of 1809 was Napoleon's last victorious war. Napoleon faced the Archduke Charles, the best of the Habsburg commanders, and a reformed Austrian Army that was arguably the best ever fielded by the Danubian Monarchy. The French ultimately triumphed but the margin of superiority was decreasing and all of Napoleon's skill […]
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PublicationAlbuera 1811: the bloodiest battle of the Peninsular War
From the publishersOn 16 May 1811, the small town of Albuera was the setting for one of the Peninsular War's most bloody and desperate battles. A combined Spanish, British and Portuguese force of more than 30,000 men, under the command of Lord Beresford, stubbornly blocked the march of the French field marshal Soult, who was […]
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PublicationThe Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson, was a British admiral famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars, most notably in the Battle of Trafalgar, (1805) a decisive British victory in the war, during which he lost his life.Nelson went against the conventional tactics of the time by cutting through the enemy's lines. Nelson was noted for his […]
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PublicationA Commanding Presence: Wellington in the Peninsula 1808-1814
From the publishersThe many battles fought by Wellington have always excited interest and controversy. What is not always remembered is that almost all of the fighting on land between British and French troops during the Napoleonic period took place in Portugal and Spain. Thus the extended struggle became known as the Peninsular War. What sets […]
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PublicationBritish Napoleonic Field Artillery, The First Complete Illustrated Guide to Equipment And Uniforms
From the publishersThis is an illustrated guide that provides previously unpublished information into the field artillery and uniforms of the period. The first phase of the Napoleonic Wars began when Britain, Spain and Holland declared war on France in February 1793 and continued until the peace of Amiens in March 1802. However, the peace was […]
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PublicationWolf Hunt (novel)
From the publishersIn1809, the forces of Napoleon's Grande Armee are in Austria. For young Lieutenant Lukas Relmyer, it is hard to return to the place where he and fellow orphan Franz, were kidnapped four years previously. Franz was brutally murdered and Lukas has vowed to avenge his death. When the body of another orphan is […]
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PublicationMadame de Stael: The Dangerous Exile
From the publishersHow does exile beget writing, and writing exile? What kind of writing can both be fuelled by absence and prolong it? Exile, which was meant to imprison her, paradoxically gave Madame de Stael a freedom that enabled her to be as active a dissident as any woman in the late eighteenth and early […]
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PublicationNapoléon III (in French)
From the publishers:He was the son of a king (Louis Bonaparte), the nephew of an emperor (Napoleon I), a conspirator (Rome, Strasbourg and Boulogne), a prisoner (in the fort de Ham), a proscript, the first president of the French Republic (1848), and the last reigning sovereign of France. Napoleon III was a major figure of […]