Publications : 65
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PublicationWellington Against Junot: The First Invasion of Portugal 1807-1808
From the publishers: The first French invasion of Portugal in 1807 – which was commanded by Junot, one of Napoleon’s most experienced generals – was a key event in the long, brutal Peninsular War. It was also the first campaign fought in the Peninsular by Sir Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, yet it tends […]
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PublicationBattlefield Medicine: A History of the Military Ambulance from the Napoleonic Wars through World War I
From the publishers: “In this first history of the military ambulance, historian John S. Haller Jr. documents the development of medical technologies for treating and transporting wounded soldiers on the battlefield. Noting that the word ambulance has been used to refer to both a mobile medical support system and a mode of transport, Haller takes […]
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PublicationStar-Spangled Sailors – A Novel of the Brave Watermen Defenders of Chesapeake Bay in the War of 1812
From the publishers: An idealistic, young sea captain faces a test of courage, two gutsy teenagers come of age and a life-scarred black seaman finds redemption in a big story: the desperate battle on land and sea by a band of Chesapeake Bay heroes to save Washington from burning in the summer of 1814 and their […]
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PublicationThus Fell Tecumseh
From the publisher: “The great Shawnee Chief Tecumseh perished in the Battle of the Thames in 1813. Colonel Johnson claimed that he killed Tecumseh, and even turned his alleged victory into a rhyming slogan that helped him win the vice-presidency of the United States in 1836, but was he really the one responsible? Thus Fell […]
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PublicationIl misterio del maresciallo Ney – Romanzo
Italian novel. From the publishers: “Una morte misteriosa, una Parigi vellutata e un'Europa in fiamme condiscono in maniera sapiente questo gustoso giallo storico, opera di Alessandro Mella.Protagonista delle avventure narrata è Jean Miellis, un giovane libraio parigino che si pone caparbio sulle tracce di Michel Ney, ufficiale dell'epoca napoleonica, la cui storia da vivo è […]
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PublicationRebellion (Matthew Hawkwood 4): Conspiracy, Revolution, War – A Novel
From the publishers: “Hawkwood heads to France to bring down Napoleon… Rebellion is brewing in Napoleonic Paris, in the new action-packed novel from the author of the bestselling Ratcatcher. October 1812: Britain and France are still at war. France is engaged on two battle fronts – Spain and Russia – and her civilians are growing weary of […]
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PublicationWarhorses of Letters
From the Publishers: Deep in the British Library tucked into the slipcover of a book on the history of Blenheim Palace a packet of extraordinary letters has been discovered. “Dear Marengo brackets Napoleon's horse close brackets, I've never written a letter like this before….” Thus begins the first passionate letter from Copenhagen, the Duke of […]
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PublicationThe Lines of Torres Vedras: A Defence System to the north of Lisbon
Supported by the Academia Portuguesa da Historia (The Portuguese Academy of History), this monographic treatment of Wellington's famous Lines of Torres Vedras was published by the Plataforma Intermunicipal paras as Linhas de Torres (PILT) and the Rota Historica das Linhas de Torres was published as part of the project preserve, restore, use and raise the […]
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PublicationAn Eloquent Soldier: The Peninsular War Journals of Lieutenant Charles Crowe of the Inniskillings, 1812-14
From the publishersLieutenant Charles Crowe's journal of the 27th Foot (Inniskillings) of the final campaign of Wellington's army is a rare work for many reasons. It is, perhaps surprisingly, the first memoir about this campaign from this famous regiment to be published. Crowe wrote a daily journal at the time, which practically guarantees the […]
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PublicationWaterloo: The Battle That Brought down Napoleon
The battle on Sunday 18 June, 1815 near Waterloo, Belgium, remains one of history's most argued-over battles. The british victory nevertheless became iconic, a triumph of endurance that ensured a 19th Century world in which Britain played a key role. It was also a defining moment for the French, bringing Napoleon I's reign to an […]