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1	Beau Geste more books like this by Percival Christopher Wren add to wishlist A tale of adventure, intrigue and murder when, as a direct result of a crime in an English country house, the Geste brothers find themselves forced to flee the country and enlist in the French Foreign Legion. From the author of STORIES OF THE FRENCH FOREIGN LEGION. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	The French Foreign Legion: A Complete History of the Lengendary Fighting Force more books like this by Douglas Porch add to wishlist The legend of Beau Gaste and the hell-raising, hard-drinking, long-suffering, loyal Legionnaires has been immortalized by countless novels and Hollywood movies. Here Douglas Porch examines the Legion myth and goes beyond it to explore the Legion's mystique and describe its performance from its founding in 1831 to today. 32 pages of halftones; maps ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $65.32! \| first editions
3	Napoleons Marshals more books like this by Ronald Frederick Delderfield add to wishlist This masterful saga of Bonaparte's 26 military marshals is set against the brutal and dramatic backdrop of the French Revolution; Napoleon's rise to power, conquests, and fall; and the Bourbon restoration. see all copies from $3.50! new only from $11.48! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Mouthful of Rocks: Modern Adventures in the French Foreign Legion more books like this by Christian Jennings add to wishlist A young Englishman with marginal prospects for the future, Christian Jennings did not know what to expect when he arrived in Boulogne, drunk and penniless, to join the French Foreign Legion. What he found was not the romance of Beau Geste, but a harsh, often cruel, and inevitably comical army of criminals, misfits, and mercenaries. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.95! \| first editions
5	L'Armee Francaise: An Illustrated History of the French Army, 1790-1885 more books like this by Jules Richards, Maureen Carlson Reinertsen (Translator), Edouard Detaille add to wishlist First produced in 1883, this book revisits the French armies of the Napoleonic Wars, the Crimean War, the Mexican Expedition, and the Conquest of North Africa, among others. see all copies from $9.25! new only from $35.00! \| first editions
6	The anatomy of glory; Napoleon and his guard more books like this by Henry Lachouque, Anne S. Kinsolving Brown add to wishlist see all copies from $15.00! new only from $71.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Swords Around a Throne more books like this by John R Elting add to wishlist This authoritative, comprehensive, and enthralling book describes and analyzes Napoleon's most powerful weaponthe Grande Arme which at its peak numbered over a million soldiers. Elting examines every facet of this incredibly complex human machine: its organization, command system, logistics, weapons, tactics, discipline, recreation, mobile ... see all copies from $12.45! new only from $20.17! \| SVS
8	Falcons of France more books like this by Charles Nordhoff add to wishlist see all copies from $23.75! first editions
9	French Foreign Legion Paratroops more books like this by Martin Windrow, Wayne Braby, Kevin L Lyles (Illustrator) add to wishlist The decision, in Spring 1948, to form two battalions of Foreign Legion paratroopers was prompted by the requirement for enlarged airborne forces in Indochina, and the healthy recruitment then employed by the Legion. There were some initial doubts. The Legion were known to be magnificent heavy infantry, but were felt by some to lack the flexibility ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $87.47! \| first editions
10	The French Army 1939-45 (1) more books like this by Ian Sumner, Mike Chappell, Francois Vauvillier add to wishlist The Battle of France in May-June 1940 resulted in the French Army being outthought, outmanoeuvered and crushed. Despite being the most powerful land army in the world with huge reserves of manpower and some of the world's most modern and powerful tanks the French Army had lacked the flexibility to withstand the hammer-blows of the German ... see all copies from $10.30! new only from $10.93!
11	Memoirs of Napoleon's Egyptian Expedition, 1798-1801 more books like this by Joseph Marie Moiret, Rosemary Brindle (Translator) add to wishlist A French Officers dramatic account of Napoleons invasion of Egypt. The memoirs of Captain Moiret, translated and edited by Rosemary Brindle, offer a unique insight into Napoleons invasion of Egypt in 1798. Primary and secondary sources detail the campaign in its entirety. Includes a comprehensive transcription of Napoleons key speeches, ... see all copies from $17.51! new only from $19.95! \| first editions
12	The French Foreign Legion more books like this by John Laffin add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.39! \| first editions
13	Napoleon's Soldiers: The Grande Armee of 1807 as Depicted in the Paintings of the Otto Manuscript more books like this by Guy C Dempsey add to wishlist This text contains colour plates of paintings from the Otto Manuscript along with captions and commentary, providing an idea of what uniforms, equipment and battlefields of the Napoleonic era looked like. This book is intended to be of use to re-enactment groups, wargamers and modellers. see all copies from $13.50! new only from $23.95! \| first editions
14	Inside the Foreign Legion more books like this by John Parker add to wishlist The thought of escaping from the pressures of life leads many anguished young men to the French Foreign Legion. However, the brutality of its training regime and the horror stories of its ruthless NCOs have been told by the thousands who have deserted. This book tells the story of those who stayed. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $58.33! \| first editions
15	The Anatomy of Glory: Adapted from the French of Henry Lachougue more books like this by Anne S. Brown, Henry Lachouque add to wishlist see all copies from $5.80! first editions
16	I Flew with the Lafayette Escadrille, more books like this by Edwin C Parsons add to wishlist see all copies from $17.00! first editions
17	A Soldier for Napoleon: The Campaigns of Lieutenant Franz Hausmann, 7th Bavarian Infantry more books like this by Franz J Hausmann, John H Gill (Editor), Cynthia Joy Hausmann (Translator) add to wishlist Contains previously unpublished letters and diaries of a Napoleonic officer with detailed accounts of the 1812 and 1814 campaigns. A unique combat history of the Bavarian Army which fought for and against Napoleon. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $58.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Seeds of Disaster: The Development of French Army Doctrine, 1919-1939 more books like this by Robert A Doughty add to wishlist see all copies from $224.95!
19	Uniforms of the French Foreign Legion 1831-1981 more books like this by Martin Windrow add to wishlist see all copies from $12.50! first editions
20 view cover	Larrey: Surgeon General to Napoleon's Imperial Guard more books like this by Robert Richardson add to wishlist A spirited biography of the military surgeon who can rightfully be said to have wakened the conscience of mankind to the inhumanity of war. see all copies from $24.94! new only from $24.94!
21 view cover	Napoleon's Egyptian Campaigns 1798-1801 more books like this by Michael Barthorp, Gerry Embleton (Illustrator) add to wishlist Part of the "Men-At-Arms" series, this illustrated book examines Napoleon's Egyptian campaigns of 1798-1801. see all copies from $8.65! new only from $98.25!
22	March or Die: A New History of the French Foreign Legion more books like this by Mr. Tony Geraghty add to wishlist see all copies from $2.60! first editions
23	The French Army and Politics, 1870-1970 more books like this by Alistair Horne add to wishlist see all copies from $2.99! new only from $18.95! \| first editions
24 view cover	French Foreign Legion more books like this by Martin Windrow add to wishlist It is arguable that no group of fighting men in the history of European arms has been so misrepresented by ill-informed publicity as the French Foreign Legion. Though initially conceived in 1831 as a means of drafting recently discharged foreign soldiers to Algeria, the Legion has developed into a sophisticated force of motorized infantry, ... see all copies from $6.25! new only from $10.93! \| first editions
25 view cover	Napoleon and Austerlitz more books like this by Scott Bowden add to wishlist see all copies from $42.37! new only from $49.95! \| first editions

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