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Achtzehnhundertdreizehn
Konrad Theiss Verlag 2012; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung »Es kann mich den Thron kosten, aber ich werde die Welt in ihren Trümmern begraben.« (Napoleon Bonaparte am 26. Juni 1813) Am 26. Juni 1813 trafen sich im Palais Marcolini in Dresden die großen Kontrahenten Napoleon und Metternich zu einer achtstündigen Unterredung. Nach der Katastrophe in Russland steht für den Kaiser alles auf... more...
The Amiens Truce
Boydell & Brewer 2004; US$ 99.00A study of the hardening of British public opinion against Bonaparte and an examination of the events that caused it. more...
The Autobiography of Sergeant William Lawrence
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 17.49"I was so weak myself that I could scarcely walk, so I crawled on my hands and knees till I got out of the reach of the enemys musketry. After proceeding for some way I fell in with Lord Wellington and his staff, who seeing me wounded, asked me which regiment I belonged to. I told them the Fortieth, and that I hads been one of the forlorn... more...
Avignon Sights
MobileReference.com 2011; US$ 3.99This illustrated Travel Guide is a part of the Mobi Sights series, our concise guides that only feature the most essential information on city attractions. This guide is designed for optimal navigation on eReaders, smartphones, and other mobile electronic devices. Inside you will find a locator map and a list of top attractions linked to individual... more...
The Battle
Atlantic Books Ltd 2013; US$ 10.19At Waterloo, some 70,000 men under Napoleon and an equal number under Wellington faced one another in a titanic battle. Alessandro Barbero's majestic account combines British and French histories to give voice to all nationions involved. The Battle is a masterpiece of military history. 'This is not just the best book on Waterloo I've read, it's also... more...
Battle Story: Waterloo 1815
The History Press 2012; US$ 7.28The Battle of Waterloo is one of the most important moments in military history. As the might of the French Empire under the leadership of the Emperor Napoleon faced the Coalition army under Duke of Wellington and Gerhard von Blucher for one last time. The battle saw the culmination of a long campaign to destroy Napoleon's forces and halt the growth... more...
Bonapartism and Revolutionary Tradition in France
Cambridge University Press 1991; US$ 50.00This study is crucial to the socio-political history of France from 17891830. more...
A Boy in the Peninsular War
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 16.49The Peninsular War was the first of Britains many foreign conflicts in which increasing literacy produced a bumper crop of memoirs, not only by Generals and senior officers, but by ordinary rankers and subalterns too. This book is one of the very best. Its author, Robert Blakeney, enlisted in 1804 in the 28th regiment of Infantry as an... more...
British Rifle Man
Andrews UK 2012; US$ 17.49One of the best and most justly famous of the many memoirs of a serving British soldier during the Napoleonic Wars. Born in Beverley in east Yorkshire, George Simmons began his military life in 1805 as Assistant Surgeon in the LIncoln Militia. He subsequently joined the 95th Rifles in order to help pay for his younger brothers education. Simmons... more...
British Victory in Egypt, 1801
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 140.00In 1800 the British Army was the laughing-stock of Europe. A year later, after forty years of failure, its honour and reputation had been redeemed. British Victory in Egypt, 1801 recounts and analyses the story of the expeditionary force that ejected Bonaparte's crack troops from Egypt. Piers Mackesy shows how the future of the British Empire depended... more...









