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Warfare from the perspective of one of Napoleon's marshals Napoleon Bonaparte, for all his many personality flaws, is generally regarded as a genius of military craft. His innovative grand tactics...

Marshal Ney'S Military Studies: Battlefield Tactics And Army Organisation During The Napoleonic Age - 9781782829256Author: Michel NeyPublisher: Leonaur LtdPublication Date: May 18, 2021Number of...

The defeat of the Army of the Northwest in Michigan The Battle of Frenchtown (which was also known as the Battle of the River Raisin and subsequently the River Raisin Massacre) was a particularly...

Two accounts of terrible shipwreck and the struggle for survival The wreck of the Medusa is one of the most famous and infamous shipwrecks from the great age of sailing ships. The Medusa was a French...

Author: Hew Dalrymple RossPublisher: Leonaur LtdPublication Date: May 20, 2021Number of Pages: 204 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1782829237ISBN-13: 9781782829232

An adopted Georgian's story of his war with the Confederacy Posterity is fortunate that the American Civil War has given us dozens of first hand accounts from soldiers of all ranks-and all are...

Author: Oscar Garrett Wall, Asa W DanielsPublisher: Leonaur LtdPublication Date: May 17, 2021Number of Pages: 200 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1782829490ISBN-13: 9781782829492

Fighting with the Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry by John Tulloch Nash Private Metcalfe at Lucknow by Henry Metcalfe Two vital recollections of the great Indian uprising This is another Leonaur volume which...

This book-a Leonaur original-contains three rare works by members of Wellington's green sharpshooters. The first was written by Rifleman Knight-a personality who rarely appears in histories of the...

From the stage to subterfuge-a spy's story in her own words Born Harriet Wood in 1833, New Orleans the subject of this remarkable book made her stage debut as an actress in Louisville, Kentucky in...

The motorised wheels of war begin to turn In 1914 as the B. E. F was quickly hurried to the battle lines-by whatever means possible-British troops were amused to see familiar commercial vehicles...

MR MUKERJI'S GHOSTS - CLASSIC GHOST STORIES WITH THE SPICE OF THE SUBCONTINENT Mr S. Mukerji works very diligently in an office. It is not very interesting work, but Mr Mukerji has another far more...

Francis Parkman's history Montcalm and Wolfe, originally published in two volumes is, possibly, the finest history book to come out of America and is the definitive account of the Seven Years War in...

The voices of one terrible year of blood, horror, battle and revenge It is now 150 years since the 'Indian Mutiny' burst like an engulfing flame on the British soldiers, their families and the...

An amazing account of the survival of an American lady among hostile Indians This is a remarkable story of one woman's ordeal and a testament of extraordinary feminine endurance. Mrs Kelly was one of...

A famous American writer's view of the Civil War Charles Carleton Coffin is now recognised as one the important journalists, authors and polititicians of the American nation. At the time of the Civil...

The war letters of a British pilot and of an officer of the Rifle Brigade The letters of servicemen writing from fields of conflict to their families are always poignant, irrespective of the cause...

The memoirs of the most famous American cavalryman Those who pursue fame are occasionally fated to acquire it for reasons other than those of their ambitions. So it is with George Armstrong Custer...

The Great War in France-a lady's intimate view Mary King Waddington was born in New York City. She married a French statesman, William Henry Waddington, his parents were naturalised citizens of...

An Emperor and the men who made his empire Headley's monumental work on the men who fought for, won, held and lost Napoleon's Empire originally appeared in two substantial volumes. Both are included...

Napoleon as commander and military genius Colonel Vachee's work, previously published under the title 'Napoleon at Work', is a somewhat different view of a great Napoleonic Campaign. Vachee takes his...

A fine history from a great historian There have been many historians of the Napoleonic Age, but inevitably some-as a result of their scholarship and their ability to communicate their ideas and...

The fall of an empire-by a great historian Every history book offers-inevitably-a perspective. Some historians are rightly judged to offer more considered analysis and skill in its explanation than...

Napoleon Bonaparte-his life as a soldier While a pupil at military school Napoleon wrote to his mother that to carve his way in the world all he required was a copy of Homer and a sword. The die was...

A fine work by a highly regarded historian of the Napoleonic Age Every period in history has-in its turn-produced great scholars to chronicle it. The names of fine historians are linked with their...

The campaigns that included the pivotal battles of Eylau and Friedland Sir Robert Wilson saw the campaign in Poland from the Russian side of the conflict. Not only was he a representative of the...

The Eagles of the battlefields of the age of Napoleon The genius of Napoleon did not confine itself to his skill as a strategist and tactician on campaign or battlefield. He understood the nature of...

As with so much of what represented Napoleonic France, the Imperial Guard could trace its existence and spirit back to the Roman Empire of old. Where the Grand Army could look back to affiliate...

The beginning of the end of the Napoleonic Age This is a work of military analysis written by a well known historian of his time. Burton had a fascination for both the spectacular magnitude of the...

Campaign, capture and the long march to liberation This substantial book, originally published in two volumes under the title 'Narrative of a Forced March Through Spain and France as a Prisoner of...