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Napoleon
David Chandler
Pen and Sword, 2001
Chandler and Napoleon - A Great Buy
The editorial review of "Napoleon" reveals much about the author of this excellent and informative work. "David Chandler has long been regarded as the greatest interpreter in modern times of the Napoleonic Era. His studies of the campaigns and tactics of Napoleon Bonaparte have set the standard ...
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The Sun of Austerlitz: A Novel (Napoleon series)
Max Gallo
Macmillan UK, 2004
Rise to glory -- from the 18th of Brumaire to the Emperor's Crown
+ The man that changed the world
+ how i discovered the life of a giant
This is the second installment of the four-part Gallo biographical and semi-fictional account of Napoleon Bonaparte. It accounts for the time of Napoleon's return from Egypt to the day of his coronation as Emperor of France one year after the victory at la Bataille des Trois Empereurs.
I can ...
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The Song of Departure: A Novel (Napoleon series)
Max Gallo
Macmillan UK, 2004
In May 1779, the son of a prominent but poor Corsican family arrives at a military school in eastern France. Barely able to speak the language and fiercely proud of his Genoese heritage, it will nevertheless take Napoleon Bonaparte just 20 years to become absolute ruler of the country he once saw as his oppressor. Set against the murderous unpredictability of revolutionary politics and the ...
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The Immortal Man of Saint Helena: A Novel (Napoleon series)
Max Gallo
Macmillan UK, 2005
In 1812, Napoleon enters Russia at the head of 500,000 men. An ocean of fire destroys Moscow, and a chaos of ice and snow engulfs the Grand Army. For the first time, the Eagle bows its head. From now on, conquered Europe awakens and takes its revenge. The powerful betray him, his old Guard weep at Fontainebleau. The final act is nigh. Chained by the English to his rock of St. Helena, the Emperor ...
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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
Knopf, 2007
How to Read War and Peace, and Enjoy It Completely
+ Nothing more to be said
+ The drums of war, then as now, beat out the same sad tune.
+ The Tao of Love and War
+ Greatest Novel Ever!!!!!!
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The Emperor of Kings: A Novel (Napoleon series)
Max Gallo
Macmillan UK, 2005
Gallo's essential Napoleonic perspective part 3
One of my personal goals is to read every known work of fiction dealing directly with, or having significant bearing, on the Age of Napoleon. See my separate lists and guides for an overall orientation.
Including this book, Max Gallo has written an ingenious and significant work of fiction of ...
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The Military Maxims Of Napoleon
David G. Chandler, William E. Cairnes, ...
Da Capo Press, 1995
Napoleon's Wisdom
Here is a distillation in one slim volume of the knowledge and wisdom of history's greatest military commander. Napoleon's unparalleled success was built on practical experience combined with his own study of the great empire-builders, from Alexander to Fredrick the Great--and the essence of what ...
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The Campaigns of Napoleon
David G. Chandler
Scribner, 1973
The best single reference on the campaigns of Napoleon
+ The legend of a man who sought it all!!
+ Bruce
+ Berthier: Master eighteenth Century PM
+ Excellent Book - Suffers form the Usual Poor Maps
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War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
Knopf, 2007
How to Read War and Peace, and Enjoy It Completely
+ Nothing more to be said
+ The drums of war, then as now, beat out the same sad tune.
+ The Tao of Love and War
+ Greatest Novel Ever!!!!!!
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The Emperor of Kings: A Novel (Napoleon series)
Max Gallo
Macmillan UK, 2005
Gallo's essential Napoleonic perspective part 3
One of my personal goals is to read every known work of fiction dealing directly with, or having significant bearing, on the Age of Napoleon. See my separate lists and guides for an overall orientation.
Including this book, Max Gallo has written an ingenious and significant work of fiction of ...
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The Immortal Man of Saint Helena: A Novel (Napoleon series)
Max Gallo
Macmillan UK, 2005
In 1812, Napoleon enters Russia at the head of 500,000 men. An ocean of fire destroys Moscow, and a chaos of ice and snow engulfs the Grand Army. For the first time, the Eagle bows its head. From now on, conquered Europe awakens and takes its revenge. The powerful betray him, his old Guard weep at Fontainebleau. The final act is nigh. Chained by the English to his rock of St. Helena, the Emperor ...
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The Song of Departure: A Novel (Napoleon series)
Max Gallo
Macmillan UK, 2004
In May 1779, the son of a prominent but poor Corsican family arrives at a military school in eastern France. Barely able to speak the language and fiercely proud of his Genoese heritage, it will nevertheless take Napoleon Bonaparte just 20 years to become absolute ruler of the country he once saw as his oppressor. Set against the murderous unpredictability of revolutionary politics and the ...
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The Military Maxims Of Napoleon
David G. Chandler, William E. Cairnes, ...
Da Capo Press, 1995
Napoleon's Wisdom
Here is a distillation in one slim volume of the knowledge and wisdom of history's greatest military commander. Napoleon's unparalleled success was built on practical experience combined with his own study of the great empire-builders, from Alexander to Fredrick the Great--and the essence of what ...
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The Campaigns of Napoleon
David G. Chandler
Scribner, 1973
The best single reference on the campaigns of Napoleon
+ The legend of a man who sought it all!!
+ Bruce
+ Berthier: Master eighteenth Century PM
+ Excellent Book - Suffers form the Usual Poor Maps
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Napoleon
David Chandler
Pen and Sword, 2001
Chandler and Napoleon - A Great Buy
The editorial review of "Napoleon" reveals much about the author of this excellent and informative work. "David Chandler has long been regarded as the greatest interpreter in modern times of the Napoleonic Era. His studies of the campaigns and tactics of Napoleon Bonaparte have set the standard ...
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