And in the process of examining this wealth of material, which is frequently supplemented by other related stuff, we learn masses about not just the famed and celebrated victor of Waterloo, but his family, the times in which he lived, and the many and varied places his life story connects together.
Read the full review [link=https://aquestionofscale.blogspot.com/2020/11/book-review-wellington-in-100-objects.html]here[/link]
A Question of Scale
And in the process of examining this wealth of material, which is frequently supplemented by other related stuff, we learn masses about not just the famed and celebrated victor of Waterloo, but his family, the times in which he lived, and the many and varied places his life story connects together.
Read the full review [link=https://aquestionofscale.blogspot.com/2020/11/book-review-wellington-in-100-objects.html]here[/link]
A Question of Scale
What a fascinating approach to the life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte. Proclamations, furniture, cannons, hats, frocks and so much more are all illustrated and written about. Gareth Glover gives us the story of each of the hundred objects in their context and in doing so writes a brief broad brush history of the Napoleonic period. Every item is dealt with individually but the whole is structured roughly in the correct chronological order. Every item has two or three pages which makes this book easy to pick up at odd moments for a ‘little read’ but be warned it is easier to pick up than to put down. One reads one section then sees the picture of the next item so one reads on and ten minutes soon becomes half an hour.
This is a high quality publication; the photographs are beautifully presented.
Read the full review [link=https://www.clash-of-steel.co.uk/reviews/view/259]here[/link]
Clash of Steel
What a fascinating approach to the life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte. Proclamations, furniture, cannons, hats, frocks and so much more are all illustrated and written about. Gareth Glover gives us the story of each of the hundred objects in their context and in doing so writes a brief broad brush history of the Napoleonic period. Every item is dealt with individually but the whole is structured roughly in the correct chronological order. Every item has two or three pages which makes this book easy to pick up at odd moments for a ‘little read’ but be warned it is easier to pick up than to put down. One reads one section then sees the picture of the next item so one reads on and ten minutes soon becomes half an hour.
This is a high quality publication; the photographs are beautifully presented.
Read the full review [link=https://www.clash-of-steel.co.uk/reviews/view/259]here[/link]
Clash of Steel
Featured 'ON THE BOOK SHELF' by Neil Smith
Wargames Illustrated, October 2019
Featured 'ON THE BOOK SHELF' by Neil Smith
Wargames Illustrated, October 2019
Featured 'ON THE SHELF' by Neil Smith
Wargames Illustrated, September 2019
Featured 'ON THE SHELF' by Neil Smith
Wargames Illustrated, September 2019
We are used to seeing caricatures of Wellington as portrayed by Stephen Fry in Blackadder III and by Peter Bowles in Victoria, the latter suggesting that he was a well educated man rather than the blustering buffoon played so brilliantly by Fry, and Stuart Reid's sterling work on editing and putting together Wellington's own accounts of the Peninsular War from 1809-1811 is masterly and amazing at the same time. An historical gem.
Books Monthly
We are used to seeing caricatures of Wellington as portrayed by Stephen Fry in Blackadder III and by Peter Bowles in Victoria, the latter suggesting that he was a well educated man rather than the blustering buffoon played so brilliantly by Fry, and Stuart Reid's sterling work on editing and putting together Wellington's own accounts of the Peninsular War from 1809-1811 is masterly and amazing at the same time. An historical gem.
Books Monthly
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Russian Eyewitness Accounts of the Campaign of 1814
Russia played a decisive role in the Napoleonic wars and the success in the struggle against France allowed Russian leaders to profoundly influence the course of European history. Over the last 200 years, the Napoleonic era has been discussed and analysed in numerous studies, but many fail to fully portray the Russian side of events due to the relative… Read more...
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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia
Widely regarded as one of America's greatest historians, Dodge's work on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 is without parallel for scholarship or psychological sophistication. Beginning with Napoleon's doomed march on Russia, Dodge examines Napoleon's state of mind and the factors behind his decisions using personal letters and genuine reports.… Read more...
