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The Napoleon of Notting Hill
The Napoleon of Notting Hill

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

1904

MILITARY HISTORY

A witty and surreal novel of the future. In a rather dull stuck-in-a-rut future, a prankster chosen randomly to be King of England revives the old ways and inadvertently arouses romantic patriotism...

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Napoleon Bonaparte

Dhirubhai Patel

2016

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Napoleon: A Biography

Frank McLynn

1997

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Sweeping biography of Napoleon drawing on psychology and politics as well as military history to present a fully rounded portrait.

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Napoleon The Great
Napoleon The Great

Andrew Roberts

2015

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'A Napoleonic triumph of a book, irresistibly galloping with the momentum of a cavalry charge' Simon Sebag Montefiore 'Simply dynamite' Bernard Cornwell From Andrew Roberts, author of the bestsellers ...

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Napoleon
Napoleon

Andrew Roberts

2014

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"First published in Great Britain by Allan Lane"--Title page verso.

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Napoleon and Wellington
Napoleon and Wellington

Andrew Roberts

2001

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Explores the relationship between the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington prior to and in the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo, the most decisive battle of the nineteenth c...

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“The” Napoleonic Wars

Todd Fisher

2001

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"While Napoleon prepared his army, on the coast of France, for an invasion of England that would never come, Russia and Austria prepared to move against his rear. Napoleon turned on the allies and cru...

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The Napoleonic Wars

Gregory Fremont-Barnes

2002

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"Napoleon's occupation of the Iberian peninsula embroiled him in a protracted and costly war against British, Spanish and Portuguese forces ultimately led by one of history's greatest commanders - the...

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Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon
Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon

Rory Muir

2000

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What was it like to be a soldier on a Napoleonic battlefield? What happened when cavalry regiments charged directly at one another? What did the generals do during battle? Drawing on memoirs, diaries,...

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Napoleon's Conquest of Prussia, 1806
Napoleon's Conquest of Prussia, 1806

Francis Loraine Petre

1993

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The Napoleonic Library is an outstanding collection of seminal works on the Napoleonic Wars. It features evocative contemporary memoirs and makes available once again the classic works on the subject ...

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Napoleon as a General
Napoleon as a General

Count Yorck Wartenburg

2019

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains...

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The Killer Angels

Michael Shaara

1974

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Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel depicting the Battle of Gettysburg from multiple perspectives.

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Gettysburg: The Last Invasion

Allen C. Guelzo

2013

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Deeply researched modern account of the three-day battle that decided the Civil War.

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Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era

James M. McPherson

1988

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Pulitzer Prize-winning single-volume history of the Civil War era. The standard work on the causes, course, and consequences of the conflict.

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The Civil War: A Narrative

Shelby Foote

1958

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Foote's monumental three-volume narrative history of the Civil War, combining scholarly rigor with the storytelling power of a novelist.

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The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage

Stephen Crane

1855

MILITARY HISTORY

The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel by American author Stephen Crane (1871–1900). Taking place during the American Civil War, the story is about a young private of the Union Army, Henry Fleming, w...

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The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds

H. G. Wells

MILITARY HISTORY

The ultimate science fiction classic: for more than one hundred years, this compelling tale of the Martian invasion of Earth has enthralled readers with a combination of imagination and incisive comme...

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Homage to Catalonia
Homage to Catalonia

George Orwell

1938

MILITARY HISTORY

[Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Spani...

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For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls

Ernest Hemingway

1940

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High in the pine forests of the Spanish Sierra, a guerrilla band prepares to blow up a vital bridge. Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer, has been sent to handle the dynamiting. There, in the mo...

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Laws, etc
Laws, etc

United States

1789

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