Publications : 25
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PublicationThe French at Waterloo: Eyewitness Accounts: Napoleon, Imperial Headquarters and 1st Corps
Andrew Field, who has published four best-selling books on the Battle of Waterloo, has established himself as one of the leading experts on the French perspective of the campaign. Using selected extracts from French eyewitness accounts that haven’t been published before in English, he has added a new dimension to our understanding of what happened […]
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PublicationThe French at Waterloo: Eyewitness Accounts: 2nd and 6th Corps, Cavalry, Artillery, Foot Guard and Medical Services
This volume of French eyewitness accounts of Waterloo, published for the first time in full in English, completes Andrew Field’s pioneering work on the French experience in this decisive battle. These vivid recollections add a new dimension to our understanding of what happened on 18 June 1815. Readers will now be in a position to […]
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PublicationMiniatures from the Time of Napoleon in the Tansey Collection
Publisher’s presentation: The publication focuses on portrait miniatures created during the time of the French ruler Napoleon Bonaparte (1795 to 1815). It includes colour images of 147 portrait miniatures in the Tansey Collection, both in their actual size and showing many enlarged details. The miniatures are remarkable for their high artistic quality and their craftsmanship. […]
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PublicationThe Battle of Znaim Napoleon, The Habsburgs and the End of the War of 1809
The little known Battle of Znaim (10th-11th July 1809) was the last battle to be fought on the main front of the Franco-Austrian War. Cut short to make way for an armistice it effectively ended hostilities between France and Austria and is now uniquely considered to be an episode both of conflict and simultaneously of […]
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PublicationBritain, Portugal and South America in the Napoleonic Wars: Alliances and Diplomacy in Economic Maritime Conflict
Publisher’s presentation: In the maelstrom of Napoleonic Europe, Britain remained defiant, resisting French imperial ambitions. This Anglo-French rivalry was a politico-economic conflict for preeminence fought on a global scale and it reached a zenith in 1806-1808 with France’s apparent dominance of Continental Europe. Britain reacted swiftly and decisively to implement maritime-based strategies to limit French […]
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PublicationNapoleon and de Gaulle: Heroes and History
One of France’s most famous historians compares two exemplars of political and military leadership to make the unfashionable case that individuals, for better and worse, matter in history. Historians have taught us that the past is not just a tale of heroes and wars. The anonymous millions matter and are active agents of change. But […]
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PublicationBlack Spartacus: The Epic Life of Toussaint Louverture
Publisher’s presentation: The Haitian Revolution began in the French Caribbean colony of Saint-Domingue with a slave revolt in August 1791, and culminated a dozen years later in the proclamation of the world’s first independent black state. After the abolition of slavery in 1793, Toussaint Louverture, himself a former slave, became the leader of the colony’s […]
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PublicationMemorias del Emperador Napoleón: Durante los primeros tres años de su cautiverio en la isla de Santa Elena, Incluyendo el tiempo de residencia en la casa de su padre, “Los Briars”[Spanish translation of the Memoirs of Betsy Balcombe]
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PublicationI soldati del Dipartimento di Montenotte (1805-1814)
Con la “riunione” della Liguria all’Impero Francese, votata dal Senato Ligure il 25 maggio 1805, vennero creati tre nuovi dipartimenti: Genova, Montenotte ed Appennini. Al Dipartimento di Montenotte vennero aggregati i circondari di Ceva, del Dipartimento della Stura, e di Acqui, del soppresso Dipartimento del Tanaro, e nel contempo il circondario di San Remo venne […]
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PublicationNapoleon’s Paris: A Guide to the Napoleonic Sites of the Consulate and First French Empire
Napoleon Bonaparte was one of the most influential rulers in European history. Renowned as a military commander, he was also a great statesman, administrator, lawmaker and builder – and his civic achievements outlived and arguably eclipsed his victories on the battlefield. Yet while there are a host of biographies and studies of his military and […]