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Tag Archives: The Napoleonic Wars
Napoleon: Life and Legacy
Napoleon: Life and Legacy© 2011 Alan Forrest403 pages Napoleon is an unavoidable figure of European history, and enjoys no shortage of admirers even today. For years he dominated a continent, using native talents given abundant opportunities opened by the revolution … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, Europe, France, history, The Napoleonic Wars
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Bonaparte’s Sons
Bonaparte’s Sons © 1998 Richard Howard 400 pages This is the second (of three) posts published during Read of England which have nothing to do with England. I’m trying to get them out of the way before the English stuff … Continue reading
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Tagged historical fiction, military, The Napoleonic Wars
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Rifleman Dodd and The Gun
The Gun, and Rifleman Dodd© 1933 C.S. Forester311 pages “There was sorrow in Dodd’s heart as he looked down on the pitiful scene, but it did not prevent him from turning away and setting himself to survey the next adventurous … Continue reading
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Tagged CS Forester, espionage and commandos, historical fiction, military, The Napoleonic Wars
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The Age of Revolution
History of the English-Speaking Peoples: The Age of Revolution© 1955 Sir Winston Churchill332 pages The third volume in Winston Churchill’s “History of the English Speaking Peoples” begins with the most dramatic assumption of power in modern English history. In the … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Britain, Colonial America, Europe, France, French Revolution, Germany, history, military, Netherlands, survey, The Napoleonic Wars, Winston Churchill
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Waterloo
Waterloo© 1990 Bernard Cornwell378 pages Although Napoleon Bonaparte came from Corsican royalty, his upbringing evidently lacked manners, else he would know it is most uncouth to interrupt a ball with a massive invasion. After years of brutal fighting in Portugal … Continue reading
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Tagged Bernard Cornwell, historical fiction, military, Sharpe's Series, The Napoleonic Wars
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Sharpe’s Christmas
Sharpe’s Christmas© 2003 Bernard Cornwell104 pages Sharpe’s Christmas collects two stories which do the seemingly impossible, in honoring the Christmas spirit while simultaneously being action-adventure tales starring Richard Sharpe. Sharpe doesn’t lend himself easily to Christmas stories; he is not … Continue reading
Sharpe’s Revenge
Sharpe’s Revenge © 1989 Bernard Cornwell Englishmen in Toulouse, Prussians in Paris — there are foreigners everywhere, and for Napoleon the war is over. Not for Sharpe, though, not by a long shot. His old enemy Pierre Ducos has seen … Continue reading