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Press reviewArticles of First and Second Empire interest on the website of the British history magazine History Today
18 Brumaire http://www.historytoday.com/ Chronology of the Irish rising of 1798 http://www.historytoday.com/ Louis Napoleon elected president of France http://www.historytoday.com/
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Press reviewThe Nelson Dispatch, vol. 7, part 4, October 2000
Articles: – ‘The visit to Fonthill: Nelson’s immersion in Folly’, by Tom Malcomson, pp. 223-237 – ‘Nelson the wordsmith – part 3’, by Dr A-M E Hills, pp. 240-241 – ‘Oliver Warner – An appreciation’, by Tom Pocock, p. 246 – ‘Wellington meets Nelson’, by Oliver Warner, pp. 247-251 Archival reprints: – ‘Private James Bagley’s […]
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Press reviewArticles in the British review French History, vol. 14, no. 2, June 2000
'La Ramée, the Archetypal Soldier, as an Indicator of Popular Attitudes to the Army in Nineteenth Century France' by David M. Hopkin, Lecturer in Social History, Department of Social and Economic History, University of Glasgow, pp. 115-149 'A Changing Anglo-Saxon Myth: Its Development and Function in French Political Thought, 1860-1914', by Alan Pitt, Honorary Research […]
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Press reviewFascinating article Nelson’ overland journey 1800, parts 1 and 2, by Thomas Blümel
Nelson’s overland journey on his return from the Battle of Aboukir is described in detail in the latest and preceding numbers of the The Nelson Dispatch, vol. 7, parts 2 and 3, July 2000, the Journal of The Nelson Society, pp. 82-96, 162-186. Filled with fascinating detail and with an excellent bibliography, this article lays […]
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Press reviewKöln zwischen Napoleon und Bismarck by Pierre Aycoberry
Published in 1996HardbackISBN: 3922977464To order the work online from the German version of Amazon http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3922977464/qid%3D954256822/sr%3D1-18/302-7787064-9904052
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Press reviewNapoleon III. Abenteurer und Imperator by Heinz Rieder
Published 1998 by Diederichs, MünchenHardback 350p.ISBN: 3424014052To order the work online from the German version of Amazon http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3424014052/qid%3D954256822/sr%3D1-25/302-7787064-9904052
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Press reviewNapoleon in Deutschland. Zwischen Imperialismus und Nationalismus 1800-1813 by Wolfgang Venohr
Published in 1998 by Herbig, MunichHardback 304p.ISBN: 3776620552To order the work online from the German version of Amazon http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/3776620552/qid%3D954256822/sr%3D1-27/302-7787064-9904052
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PublicationRecent biography of Louis XVIII
Restoration specialist Philip Mansel’s detailed biography of Louis XVIII.
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PublicationA question of emigration
A collection of fourteen conference papers, this book explores French Emigration as both a cultural and a political phenomenon. The émigrés were political refugees, caught between the domestic turmoil of France and the international rivalries of the European powers.Chapters include:From Coblenz to Hartwell: the Emigre Government and the European Powers, 1791-1814A European Destiny: the Armee […]
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PublicationSecret Service: British agents in France, 1792-1815
Books to read over the summer 2001