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1. Pere Goriot
by Honore de Balzac
A masterful study of a father whose sacrifices for his daughters have become a compulsion, this novel marks Balzac's "real entre" into La Comdie ... More
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2. Old Goriot
by Honore de Balzac
Considered to be one of Balzac's most important works, "Old Goriot," or "Pre Goriot," is the story of its title character Goriot; a mysterious ... More
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3. Red Coats & Grey Jackets: The Battle of Chippawa, 5 July 1814
by Donald E Graves
The author discusses the personalities and analyzes the organization and tactics of the opposing forces in this well-documented account.
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4. The Spanish Bride: A Novel in Which Brigade-Major Harry Smith Unexpectedly and Impulsively Acquires a Bride...
by Georgette Heyer
With the same ardor he so frequently displays in battle, Brigade-Major Harry Smith dives headlong into marriage. In his beautiful child-bride, Juana, ... More
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5. The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War
by David Gates
By July 1807, following his spectacular victories over Austria, Prussia and Russia, Napoleon dominated most of Europe. The only significant gap in ... More
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6. 1813: Leipzig: Napoleon and the Battle of the Nations
by Digby George Smith
A brilliant account of the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars - Includes numerous eyewitness testimonies - Charts the course of the battle hour by ... More
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7. The Fatal Knot: The Guerrilla War in Navarre and the Defeat of Napoleon in Spain
by John Lawrence Tone
Tone recounts the dramatic story of how Spanish peasants created and sustained the world's first guerilla insurgency movement, thereby playing a ... More
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8. The Final Invasion: Plattsburgh, the War of 1812's Most Decisive Battle
by David Fitz-Enz, Colonel
This is the only comprehensive account of the American victory at Plattsburgh, New York, on the shores of Lake Champlain in 1814, the first full ... More
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9. Desperate Measures
by Dennis Wheatley
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10. Comte: Early Political Writings
by Auguste Comte, H S Jones (Editor), Raymond Geuss (Editor)
Fresh translation of Comte's early writings, with scholarly apparatus which places Comte in his historical context.
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11. Sharpe's Rifles: 2richard Sharpe and the French Invasion of Galicia, January 1809
by Bernard Cornwell
List of all editionsThe smashing prequel to the Richard Sharpe series gives a story of ordeal, unequal battle, and victory snatched from defeat. Sharpe finds an unlikely ... More
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13. The Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1): Infantry 1799-1814
by Philip J Haythornthwaite, Paul Hannon (Illustrator)
List of all editionsIn 1795 the Russian army was as vast as the territory from which it was drawn. The College of War calculated that the regular army amounted to 541 ... More
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14. Prussian Reserve, Militia & Irregular Troops 1806-15
by Peter Hofschroer, Bryan Fosten (Illustrator)
List of all editionsIrregular, semi-regular and reserve formations comprised a substantial part of the armed forces at the disposal of the Prussian Army throughout the ... More
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16. History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France, from the Year 1807 to the Year 1814
by Sir William Francis Patrick Napier
List of all editionsPublished between 1828 and 1840, Napier's History of the War in the Peninsula was a tremendously influential, if controversial, work. Napier had been ... More
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17. The Escape from Elba: The Fall and Flight of Napoleon 1814-1815
by Norman MacKenzie
List of all editionsThe year is 1814. The Allies have driven Napoleon's once-mighty armies back to Paris. Trapped, forced to abdicate after two decades of triumphant ... More
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18. O Little Town of Bethlehem
by Ron Berry, Patricia A Pingry, Chris Sharp (Illustrator)
List of all editionsYoungsters will be dazzled by this unique book featuring lights that sparkle with each turn of the page and the sound of the beloved Christmas carol ... More
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19. One hundred days : Napoleon's road to Waterloo
by Alan Schom
List of all editionsA definitive account of Napoleon's final campaign, narrated with intrigue, high drama and ultimate tragedy. This book offers vivid portraits of the ... More
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20. The Code of Love
by Cheryl Sawyer
List of all editionsTo Sir Gideon Landor, an English naval prisoner, Delphine Dalgleish is a Parisian trifle, as pretty-and as useless-as a porcelain doll, who would ... More
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21. The Peninsular War
by Roger Parkinson
List of all editionsThe Wordsworth Military Library covers the breadth of military history, including studies of individual leaders and accounts of major campaigns and ... More
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22. Corunna
by Christopher Hibbert
List of all editionsBest-selling author Christopher Hibbert offers an absorbing chronicle of the fierce and deadly confrontation that saved the British army from ... More
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23. Europe's Classical Balance of Power
by Edward Vose Gulick
List of all editionsThis study examines, analyzes and traces the history of the "balance of power, " and its effect on historical events.
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24. Wellington's Army, 1809-1814
by Sir Charles Oman
List of all editionsThis book gives an unparalleled insight into the organization, day-to-day life and psychology of Wellington's army, focusing on the characters that ... More







