The detailed treatment of the war of the outposts is excellent, informative and easy to enjoy at the same time.
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Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
The detailed treatment of the war of the outposts is excellent, informative and easy to enjoy at the same time.
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Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)
We highly recommend this book which, as well as being a jolly good read, is also a lesson in battle history writing.
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Clash of Steel
We highly recommend this book which, as well as being a jolly good read, is also a lesson in battle history writing.
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Clash of Steel
... a good account from the French side.
The Armourer, February 2021
... a good account from the French side.
The Armourer, February 2021
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.
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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
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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...
