Publications : 47
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PublicationIls ont vaincu Napoléon et le temps (in French)
While British veterans from the “Great War”, such as Henry Allingham and Harry Patch (both deceased 2009), received national honours and recognition during their lifetimes, the last British survivors of the Napoleonic wars were largely forgotten by History. This work intends to rectify this omission and pay homage to these soldiers who did battle with […]
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PublicationEmpire: Total War
From the publishers:Command the seas, control the land, forge a new nation, and conquer the globe. Empire: Total War takes the Total War franchise to the eighteenth century Age of Enlightenment — a time of political upheaval, military advancements, and radical thought. Empire: Total War introduces a host of new features, including 3D naval combat. For […]
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PublicationHawke: Nelson and British Naval Leadership 1747-1805
From the publishers:Unlike other books on eighteenth-century British admirals, which tell and re-tell the history of admirals' successful exploits, this book investigates what exactly were the qualities which made for successful naval leadership in this period. It identifies twelve key qualities, and discusses how far each of the many leading admirals of the period possessed […]
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PublicationLe Panorama de la Bataille de Waterloo (in French)
Since its installation in 1912 at the foot of the Butte du Lion, Louis Dumoulin's panorama has been essential viewing for visitors wishing to discover the site of the famous battle of 18 June, 1815, and commemorate the events that took place on that day. In July 2008, this particularly impressive example of the panorama […]
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PublicationClisson and Eugénie: A Love Story
From the publishers: Triumphant on the field of battle, Clisson turns his back on worldly success. He falls in love and marries Eugénie, but how long will their passion survive? The tragic tale of Clisson and Eugénie reveals one of history’s great leaders as an accomplished writer of fiction. Completed when he was only 26, […]
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Publication1812: Russia’s Patriotic War
From the publishers:Much has been written on Napolean's ill-fated invasion of Russia, but from the Grande Armee's point of view, their bold crossing of the River Nieman and capture of Moscow, and their eventual destruction by the Russian winter. In 1812: Russia's Patriotic War, Laurence Spring looks at the conflict from a Russian standpoint, using […]
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PublicationThe Cognitive Challenge of War: Prussia 1806
Paperback available from September 2018 From the publishers: Responding to the enemy’s innovation in war presents problems to soldiers and societies of all times. This book traces Napoleon’s victory over Prussia in 1806 and Prussia’s effort to recover from defeat to show how in one particular historical episode operational analyses together with institutional and political […]
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PublicationNapoleon 1814: The Defence of France
From the publishers:In 1814, after two successive years of defeat in Russia and central Europe, Napoleon was faced with the ultimate disaster – an Allied invasion of France itself. The conduct of the intense, fast-moving campaign that followed has been widely hailed as one of his greatest feats as a commander, yet it has rarely […]
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PublicationNapoleon’s Britons and the St. Helena Decision
From the publishers:In Napoleon's Britons, Paul Brunyee presents a fresh study of Napoleon's last years as a captive on St Helena, telling the story of this final chapter in Bonaparte's life as seen through the eyes of the Britons around him. The Royal Navy officers to whom he surrendered; the people of Brixham who came […]
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PublicationDancing to the Precipice: Lucie De La Tour Du Pin and the French Revolution
From the publishers:Born Lucie Dillon, to a half-French mother and an Anglo-Irish father, her world was Versailles and the court of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. She married a French aristocrat, and narrowly survived the French Revolution, escaping to America at the time of Washington and Jefferson. Here, she lived a life of milking cows […]