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Louis Constant Wairy, mainly known as Constant through-out his life and as the author of his memoirs, was a man intimately connected to General Bonaparte and his wife Josephine Beauharnais, and later in their incarnation as Emperor and Empr… more

Louis Constant Wairy, mainly known as Constant through-out his life and as the author of his memoirs, was a man intimately connected to General Bonaparte and his wife Josephine Beauharnais, and later in their incarnation as Emperor and Empr… more

Louis Constant Wairy, mainly known as Constant through-out his life and as the author of his memoirs, was a man intimately connected to General Bonaparte and his wife Josephine Beauharnais, and later in their incarnation as Emperor and Empr… more

Louis Constant Wairy, mainly known as Constant through-out his life and as the author of his memoirs, was a man intimately connected to General Bonaparte and his wife Josephine Beauharnais, and later in their incarnation as Emperor and Empr… more

Military treatises have long fascinated readers, even those who are not professional military men, and people in other fields have long sought to apply the lessons learned in military treatises to other walks of life. Among the world’s mili… more

Military treatises have long fascinated readers, even those who are not professional military men, and people in other fields have long sought to apply the lessons learned in military treatises to other walks of life. Among the world’s mili… more

Baron Antoine Henri Jomini was a general in the French and afterwards in the Russian service. In his time he was one of the most celebrated writers on the art of war and was born on the 6th of March 1779 at Payerne in Vaud, Switzerland. … more

As he did with his much lauded Nelson’s Trafalgar, Roy Adkins (now writing with wife Lesley) again thrusts readers into the perils and thrills of early-nineteenth-century warfare. From its very first page, this is an adventure story—a super… more

Volume I - Berthier - Augereau - Davoust - St. Cyr - Lannes - Moncey - MacDonald - Mortier - SoultVolume II - Murat - Lefebvre - Massena - Marmont - Victor - Brune - Oudnot - Bessieres - Jourdan - Bernadotte - Suchet - Poniatowski - Grouchy… more

Volume I - Berthier - Augereau - Davoust - St. Cyr - Lannes - Moncey - MacDonald - Mortier - SoultVolume II - Murat - Lefebvre - Massena - Marmont - Victor - Brune - Oudnot - Bessieres - Jourdan - Bernadotte - Suchet - Poniatowski - Grouchy… more

Even though modern political correctness and deliberate revisionism might sometimes regard a pride in our nations past as a highly negative and backward looking attitude to take, it is still sometimes hard to believe that less than a hundre… more

Illustrated with 10 unique illustrations.THE BATTLE OF MARATHONDEFEAT OF THE ATHENIANS AT SYRACUSE, B.C. 413.THE BATTLE OF ARBELA, B.C. 331.THE BATTLE OF THE METAURUS, B.C. 207.VICTORY OF ARMINIUS OVER THE ROMAN LEGIONS UNDER VARUS, A.D. 9…. more

Napoleonic war was nothing if not complex—an ever-shifting kaleidoscope of moves and intentions, which by themselves went a long way towards baffling and dazing his conventionally-minded opponents into that state of disconcerting moral dise… more

Born a French peasant and disowned by his parents, Jean-Roch Coignet’s early life was one of abject poverty. Yet he would go on to be the first ever recipient of the Legion of Honour and hold Napoleon’s son, the King of Rome in his arms. Ve… more

Sir John Kincaid served in the 95th Rifles, later the famed Rifle Brigade, throughout the Peninsular War and during the Belgian Campaign. This book is a follow-up to “Adventures in the Rifle Brigade”, whose success spurred the author into p… more

J. T. Headley was born at the very end of the convulsive period of the French revolution and Napoleonic Wars that followed, and wrote a number of volumes on the French army and its leadership of the period. This volume is a short and pithy,… more

THE REAL NAPOLEON - Part One. “An impressive and powerful piece of work ” - RUPERT HEATH, literary agent. “Fresh and convincing” -  ANDREW LOWNIE, literary agent. “Many thanks for this, which I found fascinating and very much enjoyed readin… more

This 16-volume work contains the complete memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, compiled by his private secretary, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne. The MEMOIRS covers Napoleon’s entire life (1769-1821), with great detail concerning his years… more

A look at the early life of Napoleon Bonaparte. Illustrated.Originally published 1895.

Part of the ‘Making History Series’ – ‘Waterloo’ is an exciting retelling of one of the moments that shook the world – Waterloo, one of the truly decisive battles of history.The illustrious ‘Making History Series’, edited by Lisa Jardine an… more