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PublicationHistory of the Russian Empire
This survey of the social history of Russia covers the subject from before Peter the Great through to Napoleon. A key theme is how far the state managed to shape Russian society, through its many centralizing policies.A Social History of the Russian Empire 1650-1825
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PublicationPrussia and Austria
To a contemporary observer in 1780, the outcome of the struggle for mastery in Germany was entirely open. This study shows why, after the upheavals – domestic and internal – of the revolutionary period and the geopolitical revolution of 1815, Prussia, and not Austria, was on the verge of winning the struggle for mastery by […]
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PublicationA life of Sidney Smith
Admiral Sir Sidney Smith liked to think of himself as a second Nelson, and there were parallels between the two. Smith and Nelson shared the credit for changing the course of history by ending Napoleon Bonaparte’s dream of eastern conquest: Nelson at the Battle of the Nile and Smith by his defence of Acre. While […]
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PublicationNapoleon: How to Make War
New Napoleonic Publications – Napoleon: How to Make WarA comprehensive collection of the military maxims of Napoleon translated into English by Keith Sanborn, How to Make War is based on the French edition compiled by Yann Cloarec published by Éditions Champ Libre in 1973 as Comment faire la guerre. The edition also includes a critical […]
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PublicationNapoleon I. im Spiegel der Karikatur
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Publication– La Bataille
A swash-buckling novel about the battle of Essling by Patrick Rambaud, an author used to having his tongue placed firmly in his cheek. Rambaud puts himself in the shoes of Balzac who wanted to write about the battle.
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PublicationMy Napoleon
The arrival of an important prisoner forever changes the lives of the residents of the island of St. Helena. Napoleon, after his defeat at Waterloo, came to live in the family house of a young English girl on the island, and this novel for children gives a view of the great man, his life and […]
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PublicationL’Histoire, n° 214
Some periods in the life of the Prince impérial His childhood, his place within Imperial propaganda, the fall of the Third Empire, the exile in England, and the departure for, and death in, South Africa.
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PublicationAnatomy of Glory: Napoleon and his Guard
Napoleon and his Guard has been reprinted after more than 35 years. The glory of the Imperial Guard resounds above all others in the annals of war. This is a new printing of this critically acclaimed publication with a new introduction by Col. John R. Elting. Perhaps it is less an anatomy than epic or […]
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PublicationNapoleon Profiles in Power series
Napoleon contributes to the Profiles in Power series with a book described by the general editor of the series as “not a standard biography, or indeed a narrative account at all, but a thematic reappraisal of Napoleon's life and career” touching on personality, politics, imperialism, and the “very process of history-making itself.” Ellis is particularly […]