Publications : 53
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PublicationLe Musée Napoléon de la Pommerie, une collection familiale (in French)
This book, divided into short thematic sections, serves as an introduction to the Witt family, the château and, above all, the museum's collection. Featuring numerous photographs of the collection, the book also has a detailed family tree. Summary:A family in the Dordogne– Périgord, a home somewhere between Tunisia and Belgium– The family– The creation of the […]
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Publication(ed.), Gli ultimi viaggi di Napoleone
This helpful book by Alberto Dati brings together for the first time in Italian two famous texts in English recounting Napoleon's last journeys. The first is Thomas Ussher's celebrated account of Napoleon's journey from Fontainebleau to Fréjus before embarking for Elba. The second is Admiral Cockburn's account of Napoleon's voyage from Plymouth to St Helena. […]
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PublicationKoning, keizer, admiraal. 1810. De ondergang van het Koninkrijk Holland (in Dutch)
King, emperor, admiral. 1810. The fall of the kingdom of Holland From the publishers:“Two hundred years ago, the Emperor Napoleon put an end to the Kingdom of Holland by annexing it to the French Empire. Louis tried to prevent the annexation, as did the Minister Roell and Admiral VerHuell, but all to no avail. French troops […]
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PublicationNapoleon’s Tomb
From the publishers:On 15 December 1840, the Mortal Remains of Napoleon I were interred under the Dome of Les Invalides, after twenty years on the island of St Helena. Now it was necessary to build a tomb worthy of the great man. It would take twenty years to finish it and transfer the imperial remains, […]
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PublicationEmpires of the Imagination: Politics, War, and the Arts in the British World, 1750-1850
From the publishers:Between the mid-18th and mid-19th centuries, Britain evolved from a substantial international power yet relative artistic backwater into a global superpower and a leading cultural force in Europe. In this book, Hoock illuminates the manifold ways in which the culture of power and the power of culture were interwoven in this period of […]
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PublicationTongues of Serpents: a novel of Temeraire
From the publishers:The sixth volume in Naomi Novik's Temeraire series, which mixes stories of dragons with Napoleonic history, has just been released. Following their defence of England against Napoleon's invasion, Tongues of Serpents sees Temeraire and Laurence stripped of rank and standing and transported to the prison colony at New South Wales in distant Australia. […]
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Publication1809: Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon’s Defeat of the Habsburgs Vol. III Wagram and Znaim
From the publishers:In this third volume, John H. Gill brings to a close his study of the 1809 war between Napoleonic France and Habsburg Austria. This final volume begins with the principal armies of both antagonists recuperating on the Danube's banks. As they prepared for the next encounter, important actions were taking place in distant […]
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PublicationThe Arts of Industry in the Age of Enlightenment
From the publishers:This book is about the people who did the work. The arts of industry encompassed both liberal and mechanical realms – not simply the representation of work in the liberal or fine art of painting, but the mechanical arts or skills involved in the processes of industry itself. Drawing on a wealth of […]
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PublicationNapoleon: Total War
From the publishers:Whether you play as the legendary General or against, the outcome of war can never be guaranteed. The course of history relies on your ability to lead your troops through the most intense battles as never seen before in a Total War game. Napoleon: Total War is the latest incarnation of the well-known […]
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PublicationTerrible Exile: The Last Days of Napoleon on St Helena
From the publishers:At its height, the Napoleonic Empire spanned much of mainland Europe. Feted and feared by millions of citizens, Napoleon was the most powerful and famous man of his age. But following his defeat at the Battle of Waterloo the future of the one-time Emperor of France and master of Europe seemed irredeemably bleak. […]