This is a major series of books that provides the most authoritative information on the uniforms and equipment worn by the great armies of the past. Each book is written by a noted authority on the subject and is lavishly illustrated with over 150 color and black-and-white illustrations. Ian Fletcher describes the reality of life in Wellington's army, from the wear-and-tear on uniforms, to the equipment used by each unit.
The letters in this book paint a vivid and colourful picture of the life of the detenus of the Napoleonic Wars, and of Lee's state of mind during this long separation from his family and friends."
Novel of the Polish legion led by General Dombrowski, who fought on the side of Napoleon Bonaparte for the independence of Poland. Historical events described in this book are subjects of the Polish national anthem.
Adventures in the Rifle Brigade, in the Peninsula, France, and the Netherlands
John Kincaid's memoirs are among the most important records of the Napoleonic Wars and were one of the three principal sources for the Sharpe television series.
Napoleonic Prisoners of War in Ashby de la Zouch
A personal story and a piece of social history.
Offers incisive portraits on the indecisive Tsar Alexander I and the brilliant but vain napoleon, their calamitous confrontation, the dissolution of the great French army.
The second installment in this series is the memoirs of Ilya Timofeyevich Radozhitskii, who served with distinction during the Napoleonic Wars and wrote his memoirs shortly after the wars ended, with excerpts appearing in press in the early ...
The fourth installment in this series is the memoirs of Moritz von Kotzebue, the son of the famous August von Kotzebue.
Set in the years leading up to and culminating in Napoleon's disastrous Russian invasion, this novel focuses upon an entire society torn by conflict and change. Here is humanity in all its innocence and corruption, its wisdom and folly.