Publications

In this bilingual edition, (translated into French by Marc Fasol), Alasdair White tells the story of the events leading to Napoleon's decision to invade Belgium and how the allies responded. Situating the battle of Waterloo in their historical context, the author looks at Napoleon's personal failures and significant errors of judgement, and discusses the issues […]

 From the Publishers: “The 12th Light Dragoons served throughout Wellington's campaigns in the Peninsula, most notably at the Battle of Salamanca in 1812, and later at Waterloo where they suffered heavy casualties supporting the Union Brigade's famous charge. The principal source for this book are the papers of Sir James Steaurt – Colonel of the regiment […]

Radio editor and historian Günter Müchler's latest book on the ‘100 days that left Europe quaking in its boots' relates the story of ‘the invasion of a country by a single man', as Chateaubriand termed it. A period of extreme tension for France and the rest of Europe, the 100 days herald the end of the ancien […]

From the publishers: “To coincide with the 2015 bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo, Osprey publishes Waterloo 1815, a definitive three volume history of the historic battle. Based on new research drawn from unpublished first-hand accounts and illustrations, Waterloo 1815 provides a detailed resource for all aspects of the famous battle. This first volume of the trilogy, […]

Edited with annotations and introduction by Ara Ghazarians. Translated by Catherine Carpenter. From the publishers: “The Memoirs of Roustam is a piece unmatched in Napoleonic literature, and with such an exotic author, it is among the most fascinating in the life and legacy of Napoleon Bonaparte. Kidnapped in the Caucasus and sold in the slave markets of Constantinople, […]

From the internationally bestselling author of the Sharpe novels – this is Cornwell's first work of non-fiction. From the publishers:  “On the 18th June, 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days the French army had beaten the British at Quatre-Bras and the Prussians […]

From the publishers: “The military achievements of Arthur Wellesley, the first Duke of Wellington, have been well documented and deservedly so. Inevitably his fame and success made him attractive, nay irresistible, to the opposite sex and over the many years of his campaigning away from home he came into contact with a great number of […]

 Italian male voice choir Coro Verrès present a CD of songs, written during the Second Empire period, which describe or explore themes from Napoleon I's stay in Verrès.  “…But the theme of this CD is completely different (from an exploration of the great composers of the Napoleonic period), given that the music of which we speak is not of the […]

Napoleonic warfare spread to the high seas, harbors and marketplaces across Europe and the Atlantic through the Continental System. This volume addresses the illicit commerce, new merchant networks, 'daily life', and tensions with neutral states generated by Anglo-French economic warfare. It also reveals the contradictions inherent in the Napoleonic Empire – at once rational and […]

What happened in those extraordinary moments between Waterloo and Saint Helena? How did Napoleon end up confined on a tiny British island at the world's edge?  Alberto Cavanna's book gives a reconstruction of the days between the 18 June and 15 August. This is the first detailed account in Italian of this remarkable moment in […]