Results for: books tagged ‘Napoleonic’
Wellington's Smallest Victory: Peter Hofschroer
Peter Hofschröer tells the remarkable story of William Siborne, a Lieutenant in the British Army and expert in topography, who was commissioned to make a vast scale model of Waterloo, ... More
Generals: Mark Urban
Mark Urban tells the story of ten exceptional soldiers who left their mark on Britain and the world. Some – including Wellington, Kitchener and Montgomery – are names etched in ... More
Critique of Criminal Reason: Michael Gregorio
At the dawn of the Enlightenment, as the pursuit of criminal justice is evolving into a science, young Prussian magistrate Hanno Stiffeniis is confronted by a case of extraordinary evil.The ... More
Decency and Disorder: Ben Wilson
Today, when 'anti-social behaviour' is a prominent political issue, people pine for 'lost values', and religious morality is re-asserting itself around the world - there are eerie parallels with the ... More
Lucia in the Age of Napoleon: Andrea di Robilant
A stunning portrait of a remarkable woman, by the author of the international bestseller A Venetian Affair.In 1797, Lucia, the beautiful sixteen-year-old daughter of a Venetian statesman, was married off ... More
Days of Atonement: Michael Gregorio
Three children are massacred in their beds. The crushed corpse of the mother is discovered in a dockside warehouse. Hanno Stiffeniis, a Prussian magistrate, goes to investigate, intending to apply ... More
A Voyage in Vain: Alethea Hayter
In the Spring of 1804 Coleridge sailed to the Mediterranean in the hope of restoring his health, recreating his poetic energies and solving his emotional problems. During the voyage he ... More
Alexander I: Alan Palmer
As Alan Palmer himself writes in his preface, 'Alexander I, ruler of Russia for the first quarter of the nineteenth century, is remembered today mainly on three counts: as the ... More
Metternich: Alan Palmer
A glib assessment of Metternich might not be a favourable one, he was not without his ridiculous qualities, and yet he survived, more than survived, in fact, with the 'Age ... More
Founder: Amos Elon
By mid-nineteenth century, Meyer Amschel Rothschild's five sons controlled one of the most massive fortunes in Europe. The Rothschild name had become synonymous with the enormous political and social power ... More