The Napoleon Series

Acknowledging the extraordinary talents of the man who defined an age (1789-1821) and the remarkable men and women who peopled and shaped it, the Napoleon Series seeks to promote the continued, scholarly exploration of that age. The Napoleon Series is dedicated to the free exchange of ideas and information with good will, intellectual integrity, and respect for divergent perspectives, journeying in international fellowship to probe and illuminate the history of an era whose reverberations still echo today.

Robert Burnham, Editor-in-Chief

With the beginning of the new year, the Napoleon Series starts its third decade of being online! We continue to expand at an amazing rate and have over 10,000 visitors a day. Our Discussion Forum is the premier forum for Napoleonic history on the internet, with over 700 registered members. Last year saw us working with the Royal United Services Institute in publishing for the first time ever, Captain Lionel Challis's Peninsula Roll Call, which consists of biographical data on over 9,600 officers who served in the British Army in the Peninsular War! This database is a major research tool for historians and genealogists!

Interested in Contributing a Paper to the Napoleon Series? We have developed a writing and style guide! The following guidelines are to be used for all contributions to the Napoleon Series website. This includes articles, book reviews, commentaries and other material. They were developed so that all contributions published by the Napoleon Series will have a uniform look and to minimize the amount of time required to format the papers for the internet. Unless given prior approval by the editor, all papers must follow these guidelines. Those papers that do not follow these guidelines will be sent back to the author for revision. This guide is not intended to limit the content of any contribution; rather it is designed to aid authors in properly formatting their articles and to reduce the amount of time spent editing the articles. A copy of the guide can be found at: Napoleon Series Format and Style Guide

La Batterie des Hommes sans Peur: Although we are all volunteers, we do have quite a few expenses every year to stay operational. The Napoleon Series relies heavily on the financial generosity of its readers to pay its bills. In order to show our appreciation of those who provide support, we have created an honor roll to be known as "La Batterie des Hommes sans Peur".

Congratulations to all the winners of the 2011 Napoleon Series Writing Contest! This contest honors the many great papers that were published by the Napoleon Series in 2010. Click on the link to see the winning entries! 2011 Napoleon Series Writing Contest
	Frequently Asked Questions
	What's New? The Napoleon Series has over 12,200 articles, maps, illustrations, reviews, photographs, and charts! We added over 500 new items last year! This past year we have focued on primary source material, with hundreds of pages of new or hard to find information. We keep our readers current by updating our "What's New" Section twice every month. To see previous years' listings, click on: What We Haved Added over the Years
	The War of 1812 Magazine is a regular feature that is published on the Napoleon Series. The aim of the magazine is to offer information, discussion, and a place to learn about an oft-neglected aspect of the Napoleonic Wars, the first and only war fought between Great Britain and the United States, from 1812 to 1814. Recent articles include: Clasps to the Naval General Service Medal Commemorating Actions Occurring During the War of 1812 by Jay Medves Commodores on the Lakes By Gary M. Gibson A Matter of Honour: The Life, Campaigns and Generalship of Isaac Brock reviewed by John Boileau A Scarlet Coat. Uniforms, Flags and Equipment of the British Forces in the War of 1812 reviewed by Donald E. Graves The Challenge of Writing Naval History by Donald R. Hickey Two Good New Titles on the Maritime War of 1812 reviewed by Donald E. Graves The War of 1812 in Miniature: A Review of Figures depicting American, British and Canadian Soldiers of the War of 1812: Part II by John Grodzinski Canadians Make Their Case at War of 1812 Symposium in Ogdensburg, New York The 22nd Annual War of 1812 in the West Symposium
	Discussion Forum We have a very active discussion forum with a searchable archives of over 75,000 messages dating back to 2001.
	Military contains hundreds of articles, images, and maps in a variety of military topics, divided into the following major sections: organization and uniforms, campaigns and battles, virtual battlefield tours, and a map archive. Recent additions include: Greg Gorsuch translates Commandant Weil's The Campaign of 1814 Steve Brown has provided histories of the British Regiments and the Men Who Led Them 1793-1815 Ray Foster has written regimental histories in More regiments in Ray Foster's Notes on Wellington’s Peninsular Regiments Guy Dempsey examines The Berg Regiment of Light Horse 1807-1808 Eman Vovsi writes about Paul Thiébault and the Development of the French Staff system from Ancien Régime to the Revolution Enrico Acerbi's looks at The Austrian Imperial-Royal Army (Kaiserliche-Königliche Heer) 1805 – 1809
	Research has articles and primary source material on mostly non-military subjects, such as: biographies, eyewitness accounts, government, politics, and society. Here you can find: Tom Holmberg transcribes a book first published in 1803, written by William Francis Blagdon: Sketches of Paris, 1801-2 Ron McGuigan's British Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815 Digby Smith's Prussian Generals of the Napoleonic Wars 1793-1815 Bas de Groot's translation of The Memoirs of Adriaan Frans Meijer, Lieutenant-General in the Army of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 1786-1841, over the years 1808 - 1812 Chris Gibbs looks at British espionage against France in Friends and Enemies: The Underground War between Great Britain and France, 1793-1802
	Reviews contains reviews of new and out-of-print books, as well as web sites, multimedia, miniatures and periodicals. Among them are: Carole Divall'sInside the Regiment: the Officers and Men of the 30th Regiment during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars John Gill's 1809, Thunder on the Danube (Vol. II): The Fall of Vienna and the Battle of Aspern Gareth Glover's Eyewitness to the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo: the Letters and Journals of Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable James Hamilton Stanhope, 1803 to 1825 Ian Robertson's An Atlas of the Peninsular War Alexander Mikaberidze'sThe Battle of Borodino: Napoleon Against Kutuzov Ron McGuigan's and Robert Burnham's The British Army Against Napoleon: Facts, Lists and Trivia, 1805-1815 Olivier Lapray's A Dictionary of the Cuirassier Officers of the First Empire, 1804-1815 A Pair of Peninsular War Atlases
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	The International Napoleonic Society (INS) is a primary sponsor of the Napoleon Series. This non-profit organization, established by Ben Weider, is an educational body whose goal is to promote the study of the Napoleonic Era in accordance with proper academic standards.

We welcome written submissions. If you have any questions, or would like to contribute a review or article, please feel free to contact the Editor-in-Chief, Robert Burnham.

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