Publications : 65
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PublicationMrs. Adams in Winter: A Journey in the Last Days of Napoleon
From the publishers:Early in 1815, Louisa Catherine Adams and her young son left St. Petersburg in a heavy Russian carriage and set out on a difficult journey to meet her husband, John Quincy Adams, in Paris. She traveled through the snows of eastern Europe, down the Baltic coast to Prussia, across the battlefields of Germany, […]
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PublicationCastlereagh: Enlightenment, War, and Tyranny
From the publishers:No British statesman of the nineteenth-century reached the same level of international fame as Lord Castlereagh, or won as much respect from the great powers of Europe or America. Yet no British statesman has been so maligned by his contemporaries or hated by the public. His career took him from the brutal suppression […]
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PublicationElysium
From the publishers:In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to remote Saint Helena. Amélie Perrault, the daughter of Napoleon's head chef, is determined through healing herbs to rise in importance and is fascinated with the fallen French Emperor. After her beautiful singing voice catches Napoleon's attention, she is drawn into his clash with their British jailers, […]
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PublicationNapoleon and the Art of Diplomacy
From the publishers:A small library could be stocked with books written about Napoleon Bonaparte the general, whose battles and campaigns have been studied extensively. Warriors, however, are not generally known for their diplomatic skills and Napoleon is no exception. After all, conquerors are accustomed to imposing rather than negotiating terms. For Napoleon, however, the arts […]
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PublicationCampaign Memoirs of the Artilleryman – Part 1: 1812 (Russian Voices of the Napoleonic Wars)
From the publishers:Russia played a decisive role in the Napoleonic Wars and their success in the struggle against Napoleonic France allowed Russian leaders to influence the course of European history. Yet Russian voices are oftentimes absent from the pages of historical accounts since a combination of political and ideological rivalries, linguistic difficulties and administrative hurdles […]
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PublicationRussian Prisoner of War Among the French (Russian Voices of the Napoleonic Wars)
From the publishers:Russia played a decisive role in the Napoleonic Wars and their success in the struggle against Napoleonic France allowed Russian leaders to influence the course of European history. Yet Russian voices are oftentimes absent from the pages of historical accounts since a combination of political and ideological rivalries, linguistic difficulties and administrative hurdles […]
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PublicationMemoirs of the Napoleonic Wars (Russian Voices of the Napoleonic Wars)
From the publishers:Russia played a decisive role in the Napoleonic Wars and their success in the struggle against Napoleonic France allowed Russian leaders to influence the course of European history. Yet Russian voices are oftentimes absent from the pages of historical accounts since a combination of political and ideological rivalries, linguistic difficulties and administrative hurdles […]
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PublicationDiaries of the 1812-1814 Campaigns (Russian Voices of the Napoleonic Wars)
From the publishers:Russia played a decisive role in the Napoleonic Wars and their success in the struggle against Napoleonic France allowed Russian leaders to influence the course of European history. Yet Russian voices are oftentimes absent from the pages of historical accounts since a combination of political and ideological rivalries, linguistic difficulties and administrative hurdles […]
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PublicationWashington & Napoleon: Leadership in the Age of Revolution
From the publishers:George Washington became president of the newly formed United States just as the French Revolution erupted in 1789, a moment that would pave the way for Napoleon and his eventual empire. In this momentous year, the Americans consolidated the gains of their rebellion, and the French embarked upon a more radical transformation of […]
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PublicationWaterloo Collection: Victory and Pursuit (DVD)
From the publishers: Victory and Pursuit is the concluding part in The Waterloo Collection, a four-part series which covers the entire Waterloo campaign from Napoleon's return to France to his final pursuit and eventual surrender to the British. In this final part the great battle reaches its climax point as Napoleon attempts to exploit a […]