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  • The Napoleon Options

    Alternate Decisions of the Napoleonic Wars

    Compelling fictional scenarios exploring how the Napoleonic Wars could have gone very differently.This compelling alternate history, brilliantly written by fourteen leading international authors, presents the great maybes of the Napoleonic Wars. It focuses on some of the pivotal episodes of these catastrophic wars, giving them a resounding twist, and explores in detail an alternative sequence of ... Read more

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  • Napoleon's Army in Russia

    The Illustrated Memoirs of Albrecht Adam, 1812

    In 1812 Napoleon's magnificent army invaded Russia. Among the half a million men who crossed the border was Albrecht Adam, a former baker, a soldier and, most importantly for us, a military artist of considerable talent. As the army plunged ever deeper into a devastated Russia Adam sketched and painted. In all he produced 77 colour plates of the campaign and they are as fresh and dramatic as the ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • In the Legions of Napoleon

    The Memoirs of a Polish Officer in Spain and Russia, 1808–1813

    Translated by Jonathan North ...
    Series series The Napoleonic Library
    In this classic memoir, a Polish soldier chronicles his military service under Napoleon, battling in Spain and Russia during the early nineteenth Century.In the Legions of Napoleon recounts the adventures of an intrepid Polish soldier who fought for Napoleon the length and breadth of Europe. By the time he was twenty-five, Heinrich von Brandt had marched from Madrid to Moscow and had been severely ... Read more

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  • Polish Eyewitnesses to Napoleon's 1812 Campaign

    Advance and Retreat in Russia

    The drama of Napoleon's ill-fated invasion of Russia is captured through the letters and diaries of Polish soldiers who fought with the French.Napoleon's invasion of Russia cost hundreds of thousands lives and changed the course of history. Europe had never seen an army like the one gathering in Poland in 1812—half a million men in brilliant uniforms and shimmering helmets. Six months later, it ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Death of Joachim Murat

    1815 and the Unfortunate Fate of One of Napoleon's Marshals

    The only English-language book on the fall and death of Joachim Murat and the final act in the drama of the Napoleonic Wars. Joachim Murat, son of an innkeeper, had won his spurs as Napoleon's finest cavalry general and then won his throne when, in 1808, Napoleon appointed him king of Naples. He loyally ran this strategic Italian kingdom with his wife, Napoleon's sister Caroline, until, in 1814, ... Read more

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  • Killing Napoleon

    The Plot to Blow up Bonaparte

    It was Christmas Eve 1800. The streets of Paris were crowded with citizens. Some were shopping, some were eating and drinking. But others were plotting to murder the most famous and powerful man in France. They wheeled their improvised bomb into town earlier that day, and waited. Then, amongst the milling crowd, they saw the target. Despite knowing that the bomb would kill indiscriminately, the ... Read more

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  • With Napoleon's Guard in Russia

    The Memoirs of Major Vionnet, 1812

    Major Louis Joseph Vionnets memoirs of Napoleons disastrous 1812 campaign in Russia are readable, detailed, and full of personal anecdote and vivid glimpses into the life of the nineteenth-century soldier. His account concentrates in particular on the retreat from Moscow, but he was present at all the major actions and followed the entire course of the campaign from the opening moves in July 1812 ... Read more

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  • Poems of Prayer and Inspiration

    Lent 2020 Lent 2019

    Poems of Prayer and Inspiration is a collection of original poems written in Lent 2019 and Lent 2020. After reviewing several sources, I expressed my heart, mind, and soul in poems of prayer, worship and praise. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Napoleon's Invasion of Egypt

    An Eyewitness History

    In July 1798 Napoleon invaded Egypt, landing an army in the stifling heat of a North African summer. His invasion came as a shock to the Egyptians but also as a surprise to the soldiers onboard his armada, for they had not been briefed on a mission designed to win glory for their general and, or so it appeared, untold riches for their government. For these soldiers who followed in Napoleon’s wake, ... Read more

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  • Private Health Insurance

    History, Politics and Performance

    Series series European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
    Can private health insurance fill gaps in publicly financed coverage? Does it enhance access to health care or improve efficiency in health service delivery? Will it provide fiscal relief for governments struggling to raise public revenue for health? This book examines the successes, failures and challenges of private health insurance globally through country case studies written by leading ... Read more

    $45.99 USD

  • Challenges to Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance

    Economic and Policy Responses

    Series series European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
    Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a biological mechanism whereby a micro-organism evolves over time to develop the ability to become resistant to antimicrobial therapies such as antibiotics. The drivers of and potential solutions to AMR are complex, often spanning multiple sectors. The internationally recognised response to AMR advocates for a 'One Health' approach, which requires policies to be ... Read more

    $47.59 USD

  • Nelson at Naples

    Revolution and Retribution in 1799

    During the wars which followed the French Revolution, France’s armies turned on Britain’s last ally in Italy, the kingdom of Naples. The French chased out the Bourbon royal family and established a republic, governed by scholars and philosophers. It lasted six months before an Army of the Holy Faith, under Cardinal Ruffo, counter-attacked and reduced the republic to a handful of castles in Naples ... Read more

    $14.99 USD