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Fyffes classic is a chronology of Western Europe from 1792 to 1814 the French Revolution to the rise and fall of Napoleon. A table of contents is included for easier navigation. A number of topical ……続きを見る

Wellington added a Judge-Advocate-General to his staff in 1812 "to ensure that courts-martial were conducted with proper forms and due appreciation of the validity of evidence – in which the command……続きを見る

Michael Haskew takes us on a tremendous journey through de Gaulle's pivotal years, his leadership of the resistance, and beyond to understand the man who remade both modern military tactics and glob……続きを見る

A panoramic chronicle of Napoleon Bonaparte’s rise to powerーexcerpted from celebrated historian Charles Esdaile’s masterwork Napoleon’s Wars Napoleon’s Wars offers a definitive account of the viole……続きを見る

There is something particularly affecting when reading the posthumously published letters of a soldier who has fallen in battle. The hope of a future rings out clear from John Brumwell's letters bac……続きを見る

Looks at the king and his beliefs, domestic problems, and foreign policy. 続きを見る

The French slave trade forced more than one million Africans across the Atlantic to the islands of the Caribbean. It enabled France to establish Saint-Domingue, the single richest colony on earth, a……続きを見る

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur Kobo. Extrait : Le petit roman qu’on va lire est vrai dans ses moindres détails, et parfaitement conforme aux faits établis par les enquête……続きを見る

It is regrettable that this work is unsuitable for younger readers - laden as it is with erotic episodes, frankly told - because it is far more than the inventory of conquests which has made it most……続きを見る

This landmark collection by an international group of scholars and public intellectuals represents a major reassessment of French colonial culture and how it continues to inform thinking about histo……続きを見る

Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts wurde eine französische Kommission beauftragt die politische, militärische und administrative Korrespondenz von Napoleon Bonaparte herauszugeben. Diese Kommissionlegte ein……続きを見る

The dignity of Marshal of France was to be the apogee of success for any general in Napoleonic France, since the Emperor only created 26 during his years on the throne. Fame, riches and high station……続きを見る

Ce livre est parfaitement mis en page pour une lecture sur Kobo. La Consolation de la philosophie est un dialogue philosophique écrit par Boèce vers 524. Il s'agit de l'une des œuvres les plus influ……続きを見る

In this first volume the text focuses on the letters and journal entries of his experiences during the Peninsular War. As one of the few engineers with the Duke's army, he was given important assign……続きを見る

Waterloo Illustration Pack – 14 maps/battle plans, 18 portraits of the personalities engaged, 10 illustrations. Almost 200 years after the battles were fought, the Waterloo Campaign of 1815 still re……続きを見る

'Fraser cleverly contrasts Pauline's callous offloading of successive lovers ... The success of a biography of an un-improving subject like this is whether or not we miss them at its close ... Pauli……続きを見る

Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysic of Morals by Immanuel Kant translated by Thomas Kingsmill Abbott "The Foundations of the Metaphysics of Morals or Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Ge……続きを見る

Jacques Nicolas Augustin Thierry, was a French historian, perhaps best known for his work on the history of France during the medieval era. History of the Conquest of England by the Normans, Volume ……続きを見る

An extensive and authoritative study that examines the economic, social and political crises of France during the revolution of 1848. Using analysis of original sources and recent research, Fortescu……続きを見る

Originally published in the 1930s this is a fascinating examination, using documents and eye-witness accounts, of the famous Paris Commune. Contents include: The End of An Empire; The Government of ……続きを見る

At the beginning of 1806, Napoleon could feel rather satisfied with his conquests, although the Russian Bear had been brutally beaten and the Austrian Eagle damaged beyond repair after the carnage o……続きを見る

Le contenu de ce livre est tiré d'une série d'entretiens au cours desquels Antoine Gerola évoque ses souvenirs. Né en France de parents espagnols, il passe son enfance en……続きを見る

Lieutenant Colonel Tomkinson's memoirs are a rarity amongst the many books written by British soldiers of their experiences during the Napoleonic period, in that it has been written by a cavalryman.……続きを見る

Richelieu and Mazarin by Geoffrey Treasure compares these two striking, but very different, statesmen and evaluates their careers and achievements in the light of modern research. It explores all as……続きを見る

La Légion des Allobroges, certaines campagnes de Napoléon, la Révolution française, l'annexion de la Savoie, etc. Autant de sujets abordés dans ce livre, tant intéressant du point de vue historique,……続きを見る

Afin de couper la route des Indes à l'Angleterre, l'expédition d'Egypte, qui débuta en 1798, fut un tournant décisif dans la carrière de Napoléon Bonaparte, après ses succès en Italie et avant de de……続きを見る

'To a rational being there can be but one rule of conduct, justice, and one mode of ascertaining that rule, the exercise of his understanding.' Godwin's Political Justice is the founding text of ph……続きを見る

Napoleon's invasion of Russia remains the benchmark for military disaster, even some two hundred year after he and his 600,000 men crossed the Niemen into the interior of Russia. The story of these ……続きを見る

** The “Memoirs of Paris Past” collection presents fiction and non-fiction – travelers' guides, journals, histories, etc. - which wholly or in part shows Paris as it was at different points in hist……続きを見る

The second in Francis Parkman's fantastic series of histories of the European colonists, 'France and England in North America'. This volume looks at the 17th century French Jesuit missionaries in Ca……続きを見る