The title belies the actual theme of this book which is a guide to researching American merchant seamen who were caught up in the conflicts of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, when such men were often captured by both the British and French. It is privately published but available on Amazon.
Translated from the German for the first time. Lindau served in the 2nd KGL Light Battalion.
A valuable and eye-opening addition to any Napoleonic library…
Superb edition of a classic manual on an artillerist’s duties. . .
The memoir of the teen who stole an Emperor's heart...
A new translation of a classic account of the Dutch Troops in the Waterloo Campaign written in the summer of 1815.
How Napoleon used his Bulletins.
How Napoleon's experience prior to the Coup helped to make him a successful ruler.
A look at how Napoleon was portrayed in Georgian and Russian Poetry!
A look at how Napoleon was portrayed in Georgian and Russian Poetry!
A look at how Napoleon was portrayed in Georgian and Russian Poetry!
A look at how Napoleon was portrayed in Georgian and Russian Poetry!
This article examines the impact of the French Revolution and Napoleon on the development of the French educational system.
A look at whether Napoleon is fairly treated by modern historians.
There has probably never been another person in history who has either more misquoted or have had more words put in his mouth than Napoleon I, Emperor of the French.
Forshufvud's theories about poisoning are still very much alive. This is a fascinating theory, but almost too fantastic to be true, and almost the only indication is the arsenic content in the hair...
Another piece of Napoleon's jewelry.
Napoleon's good luck charm.
What a contemporary head-of-state had to say about Napoleon.
What a contemporary head-of-state had to say about Napoleon.
What a contemporary head-of-state had to say about Napoleon.
What a contemporary head-of-state had to say about Napoleon.
What a contemporary head-of-state had to say about Napoleon.
A conversation between Napoleon and Miot de Melito.
A little known incident in the early days of Napoleon
A compilation of the numerous speeches given by Napoleon.
Contemporary descriptions of what Napoleon looked like.
The price of exile.
A look at the only the only house Napoleon owned as a private citizen.
An interesting look at what Napoleon read.
An interesting look at what Napoleon read.
An interesting look at what Napoleon read.
An interesting look at what Napoleon read.
A list of personal items found in Napoleon's carriage that was captured by the Prussians after Waterloo.
Napoléon undoubtedly had large quantities of arsenic in his body when he died. However, this does not necessarily mean that he was murdered. It could have been self-administered. And that does not necessarily mean suicide...
Volume One of the classic set of memoirs.
Was Napoleon's performance at Leipzig on the genius level?
Napoleon was one of the greatest military minds in the history of warfare. He expanded the conquests of France from her revolutionary borders to that of an Empire that stretched from Spain to the steppes of Russia. Napoleon's genius lay not in the revolutionizing of warfare itself, but in the refinement of existing means...
More about Napoleon's medical status.
Comments about Ben Weider's book Assassination at St.Helena Revisited, published by Wiley, 1995.
Napoleon faced death more often than most realized.
Napoléon Bonaparte was and still is one of France's most revered heroes. Though born a Corsican in 1769, Napoléon journeyed to France for schooling at the age of nine...
Another look at whether Napoleon was murdered. . .
An overview of Russia's involvment in the Revolutionary Wars.