Publications : 83
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PublicationCourage, Blood and Luck: Poems of Waterloo
“At about 11:30 on a Sunday morning in 1815, a few shots rang out as the curtain-raiser to one of Europe’s most titanic military clashes. By late afternoon, at the close of the Battle of Waterloo, nearly 40,000 men lay dead or wounded. Until that day, the army of Napoleon Bonaparte had seemed almost invincible. Indeed, […]
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PublicationWitnessing the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in German Central Europe. War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850
From the publishers: “The Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars profoundly affected German Central Europe. Thousands of German and Austrian soldiers fought as enemies and allies of France in military campaigns that stretched from the sierras of Spain to the snowfields of Russia. Meanwhile, German and Austrian civilians found their lives touched by warfare in a way […]
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PublicationCITIZEN EMPEROR: NAPOLEON IN POWER, 1799-1815
From the publisher: “'Napoleon's legend is so persistent that it confounds the historical reality in the popular imagination. He himself contributed much towards the construction of his own myth, from his youth even until after he fell from power, when, while in exile, he dictated his memoirs to a group of disciples who took down his […]
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PublicationWellington: The Path to Victory, 1769-1814
From the publishers: “…The Duke of Wellington was not just Britain's greatest soldier, although his seismic struggles as leader of the Allied forces against Napoleon in the Peninsular War deservedly became the stuff of British national legend. Wellington was much more: a man of vision beyond purely military matters, a politically astute thinker, and a canny […]
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PublicationNapoléon et les femmes [Napoleon and Women]Book in French
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PublicationBecoming Josephine: A Novel
From the publishers: A sweeping historical novel about the Creole socialite who transformed herself into an empress. Readers are fascinated with the wives of famous men. In Becoming Josephine, debut novelist Heather Webb follows Rose Tascher as she sails from her Martinique plantation to Paris, eager to enjoy an elegant life at the royal court. Once there, […]
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PublicationThe Consequences of Honour: Bonaparte, Britain and the Peace of Amiens
From the publishers: Napoleon Bonaparte seized power in 1799, installing himself as First Consul of Revolutionary France. One of his first acts was to seek peace with Great Britain. After setbacks and tortuous negotiations a preliminary peace was agreed in October 1801, sealed by a definitive treaty at Amiens the following year: an event welcomed […]
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PublicationWhen Britain Burned the White House – The 1814 invasion of Washington
From the publishers: “In August 1814 the United States' army is defeated in battle by an invading force just outside Washington DC. The US president and his wife have just enough time to pack their belongings and escape from the White House before the enemy enters. The invaders tuck into the dinner they find still […]
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PublicationU.S.-Habsburg Relations from 1815 to the Paris Peace Conference: Sovereignty Transformed
From the publishers: This study provides the first book-length account of U.S.-Habsburg relations from their origins in the early nineteenth century through the aftermath of World War I and the Paris Peace Conference. By including not only high-level diplomacy but also an analysis of diplomats' ceremonial and social activities, as well as an exploration of […]
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PublicationA history of the French in London: liberty, equality, opportunity
From the publishers: This book examines, for the first time, the history of the social, cultural, political and economic presence of the French in London, and explores the multiple ways in which this presence has contributed to the life of the city.The capital has often provided a place of refuge, from the Huguenots in […]