Publications : 82
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PublicationGreat Lakes Warships 1812-1815
From the publishers: When war broke out in 1812, neither the United States Navy nor the Royal Navy had more than a token force on the Great Lakes. However, once the shooting started, it sparked a ship-building arms race that continued throughout the war. This book examines the design and development of the warships […]
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PublicationNapoleon in America: Essays in Biography anc Popular Culture
Tom Vance has created a most remarkable book. It is a collection of seven papers which he gave at various times, and a catalogue of Napoleonic art works in American institutions (chapter 8). Of particular interest are his bibliographical studies. He gives us details (biographical and historical) concerning Napoleonic histories published in the USA but […]
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PublicationEugène et Adam: Le Prince et le Peintre, Le Cycle de Leuchtenberg et les Campagnes Nepoléoniennes de 1809 et de 1812.
This book explores the relationship between the Prince Eugène and Albrecht Adam, official painter to his court, and thanks to over four hundred colour illustrations provides a vivid account. The battle scenes of Leuchtenberg (check this!!!) are the focal point of the book, which details historical and geographical context of the works, as well as […]
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PublicationKnights of the Sea: The True Story of the Boxer and the Enterprise and the War of 1812
From the publishers: The battle between the Boxer and the Enterprise would be the only major sea engagement of the War of 1812 witnessed by people on land, and, though it lasted less than an hour, was a brutal contest whose outcome was uncertain. When the cannon smoke cleared, good men had been lost, […]
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PublicationDiario del Viaggio in Svizzera di Maria Luigia d’Asburgo
This is a charming edition of the Empress Marie Louise's journey through Switzerland in 1829. The Empress describes her impressions of the countryside and the places she visited and the account is accompanied by numerous contemporary watercolours and prints, edited by Francesca Sandrini, director of the Museo Glauco Lombardi.
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PublicationBritish Liberators in the Age of Napoleon: Volunteering under the Spanish Flag in the Peninsular War
From the Publishers: This book unveils the role of a hitherto unrecognized group of men who, long before the International Brigades made its name in the Spanish Civil War, also found reasons to fight under the Spanish flag. Their enemy was not fascism, but what could be at times an equally overbearing ideology: Napoleon's imperialism.Although small […]
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PublicationThe Boyhood and Youth of Napoleon
During the Hundred Days, (1815) there lay in Napoleon's study in the Tuileries a packet of papers, sealed with the Imperial arms, on the cover of which was written, “À remettre au Cardinal Fesch seul.” This packet was carried by Fesch to Rome, but he never had the curiosity to open it, and it remained […]
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PublicationUmbria Napoleonica: Storia, arte e cultura
This book explores the consequences of Napoleonic influence in the Trasimeno department between 1809-1814. It explores the idea of Europe and the problems of nationalism in the face of a model of rule which France sought to impose throughout Europe. Academics from different disciplines look at this from the angles of history, culture and art […]
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PublicationAlexander I: The Tsar Who Defeated Napoleon
Alexander I was a ruler with high aspirations for the people of Russia. Cosseted as a young grand duke by Catherine the Great, he ascended to the throne in 1801 after the brutal assassination of his father. In this biography, Marie-Pierre Rey illuminates the complex forces that shaped Alexander's tumultuous reign and sheds new light […]
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PublicationMoments of Extraordinary Violence and Intensity
In her new book, Nancy Becker examines the fall of the Second Empire; most specifically the burning of paris and the destruction of the Tuileries. She discusses the architectural and artistic losses incurred by the revolts, foregrounding the perosnal histories of Napoleon III, the Empress Eugenie and the Duke of Sesto.