Publications : 53
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PublicationBritain, Portugal and South America in the Napoleonic Wars
In the maelstrom of Napoleonic Europe, Britain remained defiant, resisting French imperial ambitions. This Anglo-French rivalry was, essentially, a politico-economic conflict for pre-eminence fought on a global scale and it reached a zenith in 1806-1808 with France’s apparent dominance of Continental Europe. Britain reacted swiftly and decisively to implement maritime-based strategies to limit French military […]
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PublicationThe Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
From the publishers: In this book, the Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Alan Taylor tells the story of a war that redefined North America. During the early nineteenth century, Britons and Americans renewed their struggle over the legacy of the American Revolution. Soldiers, immigrants, settlers, and Indians fought in a northern borderland to determine the fate of […]
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PublicationThomas Plunkett of the 95th Rifles – Hero, Villain, Fact or Fiction?
From the publishers: “Vivid characterisation of a real “Richard Sharpe” and his regiment's glorious achievements. The 95th Rifles have acquired cult status over the last twenty or more years, much of this generated by the popularity of the Richard Sharpe books and television series, created by author Bernard Cornwell. The 95th Rifles brought a whole new […]
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PublicationLa Scala di Napoleone, Spettacoli a Milano 1796-1814
From the editor: “The Milanese, Stendhal wrote, were “people who had been bored for a century” when General Bonaparte entered the city at the head of his young army on May 15, 1796. That day changed Milan's appearance forever. Social life, passion for beautiful things, aesthetic discipline ruled by new canons, fashion exemplified by the […]
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PublicationA Bibliography of the Seven Weeks’ War
From the publishers: Stuart Sutherland's work is the first modern bibliography in English of the Seven Weeks' War of 1866. It includes books in English French German and Italian and is subdivided into sections on general histories particular campaigns and battles (Hanoverian Bohemian-Moravian Italian southern German and naval) biographies journals and reminiscences by participants and […]
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PublicationPortugal to Waterloo with Wellington: The Journal of a British Commisariat Officer During the Peninisular War and the Campaign of 1812
Readers may be of the initial opinion that the view of an officer of the Commissariat Department would be necessarily less dynamic tyhan that of a regimental officer. In fact, Daniel's position as a non-combatant has proved to be the exact opposite and of particular value to those interested in his subject matter by his […]
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PublicationBiography of an Empire: Governing Ottomans in an Age of Revolution
From the publishers:This vividly detailed revisionist history opens a new vista on the great Ottoman Empire in the early nineteenth century, a key period often seen as the eve of Tanzimat westernizing reforms and the beginning of three distinct histories – ethnic nationalism in the Balkans, imperial modernization from Istanbul, and European colonialism in the […]
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PublicationLeonie and the last Napoleon (historical novel)
From the publishers:Born in Paris during the 1848 revolution, Leonie Michel's early life is blighted by illness, drama and tragedy. But as she grows into a beautiful woman, the glittering capital of France's Second Empire opens up to her. Her father, a brilliant doctor, develops a miraculous cure and Leonie starts mixing in high society. She […]
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PublicationEmpire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order (audio book)
From the publishers:Ferguson's most revolutionary and popular work, this is a major reinterpretation of the British Empire as one of the world's greatest modernising forces. Now available as an audiobook download, this is an abridged version based on the UK Channel Four series. It shows on a vast canvas how the British Empire in the […]
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PublicationCrimea: the Last Crusade
From the publishers:The terrible conflict that dominated the mid 19th century, the Crimean War killed at least 800,000 men and pitted Russia against a formidable coalition of Britain, France and the Ottoman Empire. It was a war for territory, provoked by fear that if the Ottoman Empire were to collapse then Russia could control a […]