Publications : 47
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PublicationEducating Children For Leadership
From the publishers:How does one go about raising children to be future leaders? Can there be fundamental principles to apply that might shape the thinking of a child towards developing the skills and point of view that are critical components of a leader? This book, originally published in 1820 under the title A System of […]
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PublicationA Waterloo Hero: The Adventures of Friedrich Lindau
From the publishers:By all accounts, Friedrich Lindau was a remarkable soldier of the King's German Legion. He served with distinction under Wellington from Lisbon to as far as Bayonne, and was involved in all major engagements, including Albuera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria and San Sebastian. Most notably, he fought and was captured at La Haie Sainte […]
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PublicationThe Peninsular War: A Battlefield Guide
From the publishers:A new battlefield guide to the Peninsular War is long overdue. Modern development in Spain and Portugal has encroached on many of the battlefields, new research has questioned established interpretations of events, and there is a broader appreciation of the parts played by all the armies involved – the French on one side […]
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PublicationThe Age of the Ship of the Line: British and French Navies 1650-1815
From the publishers:For nearly two hundred years huge wooden warships called “ships of the line” dominated war at sea and were thus instrumental in the European struggle for power and the spread of imperialism. Foremost among the great naval powers were Great Britain and France, whose advanced economies could support large numbers of these expensive […]
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PublicationRedcoats Against Napoleon: The 30th Regiment During the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars
Independent review:The 30th Regiment was already a unit with more than a hundred years of history behind it before the outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars, having been founded in 1689 by Sir George Sounderson, Bart., from Saxby in Lincolnshire. The author of this book focuses in particular on the action seen by the 2nd battalion […]
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PublicationThe Battle of Quatre Bras 1815
Major Richard Llewellyn, who fought at Quatre Bras, wrote in 1837 that, 'Had it not been so closely followed by the… victory of Waterloo, perhaps the gallant exploits and unexampled bravery that marked that day would… have excited even more admiration than was actually associated with it.' This book is the first English-language account to focus […]
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PublicationHelmina von Chézy, Leben und Kunst in Paris seit Napoleon I (in German)
After two years dedicated to the study of Leben und Kunst in Paris seit Napoleon I, the work first begun by Helmina von Chézy (1783-1856) in 1804, the new edition, edited by Bénédicte Savoy and recently published by the Akademie Verlag (Berlin), was unveiled at the Centre allemand d'histoire de l'art in Paris. Alongside the actress […]
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PublicationNapoleon & Eugenie: Opulence & Splendor of France’s Second Empire
This catalogue accompanies the exhibition “Napoleon & Eugenie which is currently taking place at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbour, New York. The exhibition focusses on the Second Empire period, from 1852-1870, and the “triumphs of the reign of Napoleon and Eugenie”, drawing from the collection of Christopher Forbes, who describes Napoleon III […]
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PublicationBritish Napoleonic Uniforms
From the publishers:In British Napoleonic Uniforms, Carl Franklin's lavishly illustrated third volume for The History Press, these changes to the uniforms of all the numbered regiments of cavalry and infantry are discussed in detail. It is illustrated with more than two hundred full-colour plates of the uniforms and every aspect of their regimental distinctions. The […]
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PublicationNapoleon’s Poisoned Chalice: the Emperor and his doctors on St. Helena
From the publishers:In 1815 Napoleon Bonaparte arrived on the island of St. Helena to begin his imprisonment following Waterloo. By 1821 he was dead. During his brief stay, he crossed paths with six medical men, all of whom would be changed by the encounter, whether by court martial, the shame of misdiagnosis, or resulting celebrity. […]