The Campaigns of Napoleon
Excellent Book - Suffers form the Usual Poor Maps: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. That said, this book suffered from the usual trouble of military history books: maps. The problem in most such books is a simple lack of maps, but in this regard, [... more]
$85.00
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Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March
An Epic Moment in Time Captured: To keep it brief, throughout the human record there are those moments when a crucial turn of events impacts the whole of Western civilization. The campaign to, and retreat from, Moscow by Napoleon was one of those events. [... more]
$29.95
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Jack Aubrey Commands: An Historical Companion to the ...
A solid primer on the Royal Navy of Jack Aubrey: Brian Lavery is the author of the thoroughly excellent "Nelson's Navy", praised by Patrick O'Brian as the most nearly royal road to knowledge about the Royal Navy of the 1793-18115 period he knew. [... more]
$45.00
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The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes
Amazon.com Review: "I am making haste to pass on the contents to 25. 13. 8. 9. 38. . . . who has ordered me to open communications with you." So reads a French dispatch captured by the British in the Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon's [... more]
$13.95
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The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes
Amazon.com Review: "I am making haste to pass on the contents to 25. 13. 8. 9. 38. . . . who has ordered me to open communications with you." So reads a French dispatch captured by the British in the Peninsular Campaign against Napoleon's [... more]
$25.95
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The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
Wonderful!!: An outstanding book for anyone interested in history. Although it was somewhat common for politicians, generals and admirals to keep logs, it was extremely rare for a person of lower rank to write anything. Mainly because few of them could [... more]
$14.00
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One Hundred Days: Napoleon's Road to Waterloo
Amazon.com Review: Alan Schom doesn't think very highly of Napoleon, but he nevertheless has written an engrossing account of the little Corsican's escape from Elba, return to power, and defeat at Waterloo. (This period actually lasted a bit longer than 1 [... more]
$49.99
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Nelson: A Personal History
Amazon.com Review: Accomplished British author Christopher Hibbert turns his attention to England's greatest maritime leader in this celebrated biography. Nelson joined the navy at age 12. By the time of his decisive victory over the French and Spanish [... more]
$22.00
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Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon
An Extended Version of the Face of Battle: Rory Muir's "Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon" is in many respects an extended version of the chapter on Waterloo in John Keegan's "The Face of Battle." Muir, the [... more]
$23.00
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Salamanca, 1812
Interesting Account of a Peninsular Battle: Rory Muir's new title in the field of Napoleonic history, `Salamanca 1812', is another one of his brilliant efforts. After his previous two books, `Britain and the Defeat of Napoleon' (which won the best book [... more]
$45.00
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A Duel of Giants: Bismarck, Napoleon III, and the ...
The diplomacy before the Franco-Prussian War of 1870.: A nice little read of the diplomacy of Bismarck and Napoleon III prior to the Franco Prussian War. What is so apparrent by this book is how the French and the French government were so arrogant about [... more]
$18.95
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The Campaign Of 1812 In Russia
excellent summary of Napoleon's defeat at his own hands.: Although I found the book insightful and rather stimulating, there was a large lack of precise detail regarding the mindset of the Emperor himself and just why he would attempt such a foolhardy [... more]
$18.00
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