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  • The Two Battles of Copenhagen, 1801 and 1807

    Britain and Denmark in the Napoleonic Wars

    by Gareth Glover ...
    This military study sheds new light on the significance of Copenhagen in the Napoleonic Wars through primary source accounts of two major battles.In 1801 and 1807, British forces clashed with Napoleon and his allies in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. Yet the significance of those battles, and the key role the country played in the conflict in northern Europe, has rarely been examined in detail. ... Read more

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  • Napoleon in 100 Objects

    by Gareth Glover ...
    "Takes a look at the life of Napoleon Bonaparte through using 100 objects . . . an entertaining method of presenting a biography." — Battles and Book ReviewsFor almost two decades, Napoleon Bonaparte was the most feared, and revered, man in Europe. At the height of his power, the land under his control stretched from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, and encompassed most of Western Europe.The story ... Read more

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  • The Forgotten War Against Napoleon

    Conflict in the Mediterranean, 1793–1815

    by Gareth Glover ...
    "A comprehensive look at the Mediterranean and adjacent territories, a largely 'forgotten' theatre of the very long Anglo-French war." — New York Military Affairs SymposiumThe campaigns fought against Napoleon in the Iberian Peninsula, in France, Germany, Italy and Russia and across the rest of Europe have been described and analyzed in exhaustive detail, yet the history of the fighting in the ... Read more

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  • Feeding Wellington's Army in the Peninsula

    The Journal of Assistant Commissary General Tupper Carey, Volume I

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Transcribed for the first time from Commissary General Tupper Carey's handwritten journals, this is the first of two volumes which cover the lively career of a Commissary who served throughout the Peninsular war and Waterloo campaign. Written with vivid detail, these journals offer a truly unique window into the life of a Commissary and the campaigns in which he served. Although a civilian and ... Read more

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  • Riflemen of Wellington's Light Division in the Peninsular War

    Unpublished or Rare Accounts from the 95th Rifles 1808-14

    by Gareth Glover, Robert Burnham ...
    No other regiment in Wellington's Peninsular army can compare with the 95th Rifles. Even before Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels and television series, the Rifles were the most famous of all the British Army's fighting formations. Unlike the red-coated regiments of the Line, the Riflemen were trained to act with a degree of independence, selecting their own targets in battle. As a result, a number ... Read more

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  • Eyewitness to the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo

    The Letters and Journals of Lieutenant Colonel James Stanhope 1803 to 1825 Recording His Service with Sir John Moore, Sir Thomas Graham and the Duke of Wellington

    by Gareth Glover ...
    The journals of the Honourable James Stanhope are among the most remarkable eyewitness accounts of the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, and yet they have never been published before. The long fight against the French in Portugal and Spain, the campaign in Holland, then the Battle of Waterloo James Stanhope lived through all these extraordinary events and recorded them in vivid detail ... Read more

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  • Wellington's Lieutenant Napoleon's Gaoler

    The Peninsula Letters & St Helena Diaries of Sir George Rideout Bingham

    by Gareth Glover ...
    The Author wrote numerous letters home from the campaigns that he fought with Wellington in the Peninsular when he was commanding his Regiment. He was therefore in a senior position and privy to secrets of the war. He is often caustic regarding his superiors including The Iron Duke himself. He packs his letters with interesting descriptions of the life and his surroundings.Once Waterloo was won ... Read more

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  • Waterloo: Myth and Reality

    by Gareth Glover ...
    "A radical re-assessment . . . This is fascinating stuff . . . a most useful addition to the Waterloo—and indeed Napoleonic—bookshelf."—Military Modelling MagazineMore has probably been written about the Waterloo campaign than almost any other in history. It was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars and forms a watershed in both European and world history. However, the lethal combination of national ... Read more

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  • The Great Waterloo Controversy

    The Story of the 52nd Foot at History's Greatest Battle

    by Gareth Glover ...
    This groundbreaking historical study resolves a hotly debated conundrum with a newly uncovered firsthand account of the Battle of Waterloo.As the battle reached its momentous climax, Napoleon's Imperial Guard marched towards the Duke of Wellington's thinning red line. Having never before tasted defeat, it was now sent reeling back in disorder. The British 1st Foot Guards were honored for this ... Read more

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  • Wellington’s Voice

    The Candid Letters of Lieutenant Colonel John Fremantle, Coldstream Guards, 1808–1821

    by Gareth Glover ...
    John Fremantle was on Wellington's personal staff through the later years of the Peninsular War and Waterloo campaigns.He had a uniquely privileged view of the general and tells of his exploits – good and bad. The letters were written to his uncle, who was effectively his guardian, an army man and no shrinking violet.Fremantle deals with military matters in detail and gives a great insight into ... Read more

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  • The American Sharpe

    The Adventures of an American Officer of the 95th Rifles in the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Sharpe and his adventures has made the 95th Foot renowned again and the discovery of an unpublished diary by an American from Charleston South Carolina who served, despite his father’s objections, as an officer in this elite regiment has caused great excitement.James Penman Gairdner was born in Charleston, South Carolina, but he was sent back to the ‘Old Country’ for his education, receiving his ... Read more

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  • A Scots Grey at Waterloo

    The Remarkable Story of Sergeant William Clarke

    by Gareth Glover ...
    William Clarke of Prestonpans, Scotland, joined the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons, the Scots Greys, in 1803. Clarke had risen to the rank of sergeant by the time the regiment was ordered to Belgium on the news that Napoleon had escaped from Elba. Forming part of what became known as the Union Brigade, the Scots Greys played a key role in Napoleons defeat at Waterloo.The John Rylands Library, ... Read more

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