Napoleonic Wars

Two centuries after Napoleon Bonapartes death, this edited volume brings together a diverse group of historians, art historians, and museum profess...

This book studies British cultural engagement with Napoleon Bonaparte from his 1815 surrender and time in British custody, until the return of his ...

The lives and careers of Sir Charles Stewart and his brother Lord Castlereagh take in a grand stage, from Britain and Ireland to the kingdoms and e...

The second volume shines a light on the cultural and social changes that took place during the epoch of European Restorations, when the death of th...

Europes Restorations were characterised by their evolving dialectics. The chapters in this first volume address the key questions and controversies...

This book provides a detailed analysis of the attack of the Comte dErlons French I Corps, and the subsequent allied counterattack, at the Battle of...

It was Christmas Eve 1800. The streets of Paris were crowded with citizens. Some were shopping, some were eating and drinking. But others were plot...

Thomas Hardy's The Dynasts and Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace are both works which defy attempts to assign them to a particular genre but might seem t...

These are the magnificent works of Detaille, Meissonier, Vernet, Lady Butler, Hillingford and many of the other artists who sought to capture on ca...

The Napoleonic Empire played a crucial role in reshaping global landscapes and in realigning international power structures on a worldwide scale. W...

Russia played a fundamental role in the outcome of Napoleonic Wars; the wars also had an impact on almost every area of Russian life. Russia and th...

The British in the Adriatic, 18001825 brings together three detailed studies of British naval and military, diplomatic and commercial activity in t...

The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller A fabulous story, superbly told cannot be bettered Max Hastings ...

Between two attempts in 1800 and 1804 to assassinate Napoleon Bonaparte, the British government launched a campaign of black propaganda of unpreced...