Henry Carter Hull

Chronicles the life of Josephine Bonaparte and reveals the dark secrets she hid in her past, including her family's debt, her spiteful first husband, and her abusive marriage to Napoleon.

Includes over 180 illustrations, portraits and maps covering the Russian Campaign of 1812. These Memoirs are the findings of a professional soldier, sitting in judgment upon the foremost soldier of fortune the world has known. But they are something more than that. They are the observations of a man of the Old R gime, whose lot had been cast in with the new Empire. The soldier who wrote them was a statesman as well a diplomatist of the school of Talleyrand,...

"THE GREATEST OF BATTLES The defining military engagement of the nineteenth century. The epic battle that forever ended one man's dreams of a European empire unified under his rule. THE GREATEST OF RIVALS This epoch-defining conflict would ultimately be remembered for the showdown between two of history's most legendary commanders: the Duke of Wellington, and Napoleon Bonaparte. THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT Divided into three parts, Christopher Hibbert...

An exhausted Grand Armeé must battle both foe and elements in this thrilling historical adventure Poland 1807: As the Grand Armeé continues its march ever eastwards, Napoleon faces his most difficult challenge to date… Sergeant Alain Lausard and his loyal dragoons have never known a campaign like it. Anything but fresh from their victory over Frederick's Prussian forces, Napoleon orders his men onwards into Poland, and headfirst into battle with...

"The acclaimed Napoleonic historian sheds new light on a fascinating yet little-known battle in the Franco-Austrian War. Occurring in July of 1809, the Battle of Znaim was the last to be fought on the main front of the Franco-Austrian War. Cut short to make way for an armistice it effectively ended hostilities between France and Austria and is now considered a unique episode of simultaneous conflict and diplomacy. The battle began as a result of the...

"Flushing out rebels in the Paris streets, Lausard yearns for all consuming war. 1799: Napoleon Bonaparte returns from Egypt determined to restore order. As corruption spreads through the ruling Directory and rebels terrorise the countryside, the ideals of the Revolution seem far away. Recalled to Paris to buttress their commander's political ambitions, Alain Lausard and his heroic cavalry unit look on as Bonaparte stages a coup d'état. With Bonaparte...

Waterloo Illustration Pack 14 maps/battle plans, 18 portraits of the personalities engaged, 10 illustrations. Of the many commentators of Napoleon and his campaigns, few if any have as much ground to claim to have understood the Emperor's intentions as well as Jomini, who had served under him for over a decade. In this account of the Waterloo campaign, Jomini dissects the actions of all the commanders and their decisions as the action moves toward...