Publications : 83
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PublicationThe War of 1812: A Three-volume Regional Commemoration of the Bicentennial, 2012-14, Vol. 2, 1813: The Border in Flames
From the publishers: “In the second volume, readers will find contributions from Erie County historian Douglas Kohler and Anne Conable of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library, as well as internationally recognized authorities like DeCroix; Jim Hill, superintendent of heritage for the Niagara Parks Commission; Richard Barbuto, professor and deputy director of the Department […]
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PublicationBritain Against Napoleon – The Organization of Victory, 1793–1815
From the publishers: “How the British state successfully organized itself to overcome Napoleon – and how very close it came to defeat. For more than twenty years after 1793, the French army was supreme in continental Europe, and the British population lived in fear of French invasion. How was it that Britain survived and won a […]
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PublicationCitizen Emperor – Napoleon in Power, 1799 – 1815
From the publishers: “In this second volume of Philip Dwyer's authoritative biography on one of history's most enthralling leaders, Napoleon, now 30, takes his position as head of the French state after the 1799 coup. Dwyer explores the young leader's reign, complete with mistakes, wrong turns, and pitfalls, and reveals the great lengths to which […]
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PublicationRussian Eyewitness Accounts of the Campaign of 1814
From the publishers: “Russia played a decisive role in the Napoleonic wars and the success in the struggle against France allowed Russian leaders to profoundly influence the course of European history. Over the last 200 years, the Napoleonic era has been discussed and analysed in numerous studies, but many fail to fully portray the Russian […]
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PublicationEmpress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China
“Although I have heard much about Queen Victoria,” her Chinese contemporary, the Empress Cixi, once remarked, “I do not think her life is half as interesting and eventful as mine.” From the publishers: “Empress Dowager Cixi (1835-1908) is the most important woman in Chinese history. She ruled China for decades and brought a medieval empire into the […]
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PublicationFrom Bonaparte to Napoleon – 100 masterpieces
Reading this book is like wandering through your own paper art gallery containing all of the greatest Napoleonic paintings.And it's huge! Nearly a metre tall (70 cm) and weighing 12 kilos, it is certainly no shrinking violet. It's so heavy that it comes with its own lectern in solid oak. That being said, the reproductions […]
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PublicationQueen Victoria: A Life of Contradictions
From the publishers: In this […] concise new biography Queen Victoria is shown as Britain's queen of contradictions. In her combination of regal vehemence and wifely submission; deep sentimentality and bombast; cultural imperialism and imperial compassion; fear of intellectualism and excitement at technology; romantic longing and prudishness, she became a spirit of the age to which […]
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PublicationExhibition Catalogue: Napoleon and the Decorative Arts: Treasures of the Imperial Palaces
The Mobilier National and the Gobelins, Beauvais and Savonnerie Manufactories amassed an outstanding collection of French furniture masterpieces during the reign of Napoleon I. From April to July 2013, 125 pieces of imperial furniture from that period – including Napoleon's Imperial throne, which has been preserved in the French Senate in France – were being displayed […]
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PublicationThe Thousand Names
A fantasy novel taking place in a Napoleonic-era-inspired universe. From the publisher: “Enter an epic fantasy world that echoes with the thunder of muskets and the clang of steel — but where the real battle is against a subtle and sinister magic…Captain Marcus d'Ivoire, commander of one of the Vordanai empire's colonial garrisons, was resigned to serving out […]
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PublicationCalvert The Raven in The Battle of Baltimore
Series Flying Through History. From the publisher: “You think history is boring? Baltimore kid Daniel does – until a chance encounter with a magical talking raven named Calvert sends him flying back to 1814, where he finds his home city under siege by a British army on the verge of defeating the United States of America in […]