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Campaign #015: Waterloo, 1815 by Geoffrey Wootten Publisher Comments Osprey's study of the most famous battle of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). Waterloo holds a special place among the great battles of history. The climax of more than twenty years of war, it was indeed a close-run affair, matching two of the world's... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper 
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Defeat: Napoleon's Russian Campaign by Philippe P De Segur Publisher Comments The NYRB Classics series is designedly and determinedly exploratory and eclectic, a mix of fiction and non-fiction from different eras and times and of various sorts. The series includes nineteenth century novels and experimental novels, reportage and... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Napoleonic Wars (Smithsonian History of Warfare) (Smithsonian History of Warfare) by Gunther Rothenberg Publisher Comments This vividly illustrated history of the Napoleonic Wars documents the wars' origins in the French Revolution, narrates Napoleon's victories at Austerlitz and Jena, and concludes with his defeats in the Iberian peninsula, Russia, and finally at Waterloo.... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Waterloo: June 18, 1815: The Battle for Modern Europe (Making History) by Andrew Roberts Publisher Comments June 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On the bloody battlefield of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon and his hastily formed legions clashed with... (read more) List Price $13.99 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Napoleon Options: Alternative Decisions of the Napoleonic Wars by Jonathan North Synopsis Ten leading international authors present the great 'what-ifs' of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $15.95 Used - Hardcover
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How Far From Austerlitz? : Napoleon 1805-1815 (96 Edition) by Alistair Horne Publisher Comments A London Sunday Times Book of the Year A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $10.00 Used - Trade Paper
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The Armies of Wellington by Philip J Haythornthwaite Publisher Comments The most comprehensive account ever published of the effect of this one man on the British Army during the Napoleonic era. Supplemented with contemporary accounts and quotations.... (read more) Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes by Mark Urban Publisher Comments The true story of George Scovell follows the engraver's apprentice who possessed extraordinary linguisitic genius as he is assigned to Wellington's headquarters, where he easily cracked codes used in French dispatches, but when the enemy changed their... (read more) Your price: $10.99 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Campaign of 1812 in Russia by Carl Von Clausewitz Publisher Comments On June 23, 1812, Napoleon's Grande Armée, over 500,000 men strong, poured over the Russian border. An equally massive Russian army faced them. The ensuing campaign was a catastrophe for Napoleon. Although the battle of Borodino, which resulted in... (read more) List Price $18.00 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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1812 Napoleons Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski Publisher Comments 1812 was the year that the most powerful man on earth met his doom, and the greatest fighting force ever-assembled was wiped out. The "Sunday Times" bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and eventual retreat from Moscow, events that had a... (read more) Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Nelson's Refuge: Gibraltar in the Age of Napoleon by Jason R Musteen Publisher Comments Since its capture from Spain in 1704, Gibraltar has been one of Great Britain's most legendary citadels. As the gatekeeper of the Mediterranean Sea, its commanding position has shaped the history of the region and nations, including modern Britain... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $18.95 Used - Hardcover
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1812: Napoleon in Moscow by Paul Britten Austin Publisher Comments Napoleon's troops finally reach Moscow only to watch the city go up in flames. In their own words, the invaders record events as they camp in the charred ruins and realize retreat is inevitable.... (read more) List Price $40.00 Your price: $8.95 Used - Hardcover
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Wellington's Wars: The Making of a Military Genius by Huw J. Davies Publisher Comments Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, lives on in popular memory as the "Invincible General," loved by his men, admired by his peers, formidable to his opponents. This incisive book revises such a portrait, offering an accurate—and... (read more) Your price: $36.75 New - Hardcover
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Napoleonic Artillery by Anthony L Dawson Publisher Comments The Napoleonic Wars gripped Europe, and beyond, for over ten years at the beginning of the Nineteenth century. Hundreds of battles were fought between the armies of France (and its allies) and all those powers that wished to see Napoleon Bonaparte... (read more) List Price $49.95 Your price: $28.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier by Jakob Walter Publisher Comments Eighteen-year-old German stonemason Jakob Walter served in the Grand Army of Napoleon between 1806 and 1813. His diary intimately records his trials: the long, grueling marches in Prussia and Poland, the disastrous Russian campaign, and the demoralizing... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.50 Used - Trade Paper
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History of the Peninsular War #08: The Biographical Dictionary of British Officers Killed and Wounded, 1808-1814 by John A Hall Synopsis Sir Charles Oman's monumental study is unquestionably the most complete and readable account of the Peninsular War ever written; it is also breathtaking in its scope and detail. The seven volumes chart the course of the war, from its opening shots In... (read more) List Price $59.95 Your price: $17.50 Used - Hardcover
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Rifles Six Years With Wellingtons Legend by Mark Urban Synopsis The thrilling story of the birth of Britain's deadliest regiment. As part of the Light Division, the 95th Rifles are the first into battle and the last out. Fighting, thieving and raping their way across Europe, they are clearly no ordinary troops.... (read more) Your price: $10.95 Used - Hardcover
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Napoleon as Military Commander (Classic Military History) by J Marshall Cornwall Publisher Comments Whether as a general or a statesman, the two decades of Napoleon's maturity, from the triumphant invasion of Italy to the final defeat at Waterloo, were years of extraordinary achievement. Almost as remarkable as the victories were the disasters at... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $3.25 Used - Trade Paper
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Terror Before Trafalgar Nelson Napoleon by Tom Pocock Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248) and index.... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Hardcover
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Napoleon's Cavalry and Its Leaders by David Johnson Publisher Comments Dressed in outrageously romantic uniforms and led by a flamboyant clique of aristocrats and ex-troopers, Napoleon's cavalry fought in Austria, Germany, Egypt, Italy, Poland, Belgium, and Spain. This account of the most remarkable and successful cavalry... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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