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  • Napoleon in 100 Objects

    by Gareth Glover ...
    "Takes a look at the life of Napoleon Bonaparte through using 100 objects . . . an entertaining method of presenting a biography." — Battles and Book ReviewsFor almost two decades, Napoleon Bonaparte was the most feared, and revered, man in Europe. At the height of his power, the land under his control stretched from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, and encompassed most of Western Europe.The story ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Two Battles of Copenhagen, 1801 and 1807

    Britain and Denmark in the Napoleonic Wars

    by Gareth Glover ...
    This military study sheds new light on the significance of Copenhagen in the Napoleonic Wars through primary source accounts of two major battles.In 1801 and 1807, British forces clashed with Napoleon and his allies in the Danish capital of Copenhagen. Yet the significance of those battles, and the key role the country played in the conflict in northern Europe, has rarely been examined in detail. ... Read more

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  • Waterloo: The Defeat of Napoleon's Imperial Guard

    Henry Clinton, the 2nd Division and the End of a 200-year Old Controversy

    by Gareth Glover ...
    "This in-depth study of the nuts and bolts of a single division is without a doubt the best book I have ever read on Waterloo."— The Napoleon SeriesWinner of the 2017 Society for Army Historical Research Templer MedalThis is the most detailed account of the 2nd Division at Waterloo ever published. It is based on the papers of its commander Sir Henry Clinton, and it reveals for the first time the ... Read more

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  • Eyewitness to the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo

    The Letters and Journals of Lieutenant Colonel James Stanhope 1803 to 1825 Recording His Service with Sir John Moore, Sir Thomas Graham and the Duke of Wellington

    by Gareth Glover ...
    The journals of the Honourable James Stanhope are among the most remarkable eyewitness accounts of the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, and yet they have never been published before. The long fight against the French in Portugal and Spain, the campaign in Holland, then the Battle of Waterloo James Stanhope lived through all these extraordinary events and recorded them in vivid detail ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The American Sharpe

    The Adventures of an American Officer of the 95th Rifles in the Peninsular and Waterloo Campaigns

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Sharpe and his adventures has made the 95th Foot renowned again and the discovery of an unpublished diary by an American from Charleston South Carolina who served, despite his father’s objections, as an officer in this elite regiment has caused great excitement.James Penman Gairdner was born in Charleston, South Carolina, but he was sent back to the ‘Old Country’ for his education, receiving his ... Read more

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  • A Scot at War with Wellington

    The Memoir of Captain James Stirling of the Black Watch

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Captain James Stirling's journals offer a firsthand account of the 42nd Regiment's actions during the Peninsular War. For such a famous regiment as the 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch), the number of published memoirs is surprisingly low. The discovery of the three hand-written journals in the collection of the National Library of Scotland covering the period from August 1808, when the ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Waterloo: Myth and Reality

    by Gareth Glover ...
    "A radical re-assessment . . . This is fascinating stuff . . . a most useful addition to the Waterloo—and indeed Napoleonic—bookshelf."—Military Modelling MagazineMore has probably been written about the Waterloo campaign than almost any other in history. It was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars and forms a watershed in both European and world history. However, the lethal combination of national ... Read more

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  • Wellington’s Voice

    The Candid Letters of Lieutenant Colonel John Fremantle, Coldstream Guards, 1808–1821

    by Gareth Glover ...
    John Fremantle was on Wellington's personal staff through the later years of the Peninsular War and Waterloo campaigns.He had a uniquely privileged view of the general and tells of his exploits – good and bad. The letters were written to his uncle, who was effectively his guardian, an army man and no shrinking violet.Fremantle deals with military matters in detail and gives a great insight into ... Read more

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  • An Eloquent Soldier

    The Peninsular War Journals of Lieutenant Charles Crowe of the Inniskillings, 1812-14

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Lieutenant Charles Crowe's journal of the 27th Foot (Inniskillings) of the final campaign of Wellington's army is a rare work for many reasons. It is, perhaps surprisingly, the first memoir about this campaign from this famous regiment to be published.Crowe wrote a daily journal at the time, which practically guarantees the authenticity and accuracy of his account. But what makes it special is ... Read more

    $11.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Forgotten War Against Napoleon

    Conflict in the Mediterranean, 1793–1815

    by Gareth Glover ...
    "A comprehensive look at the Mediterranean and adjacent territories, a largely 'forgotten' theatre of the very long Anglo-French war." — New York Military Affairs SymposiumThe campaigns fought against Napoleon in the Iberian Peninsula, in France, Germany, Italy and Russia and across the rest of Europe have been described and analyzed in exhaustive detail, yet the history of the fighting in the ... Read more

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  • A Scots Grey at Waterloo

    The Remarkable Story of Sergeant William Clarke

    by Gareth Glover ...
    William Clarke of Prestonpans, Scotland, joined the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons, the Scots Greys, in 1803. Clarke had risen to the rank of sergeant by the time the regiment was ordered to Belgium on the news that Napoleon had escaped from Elba. Forming part of what became known as the Union Brigade, the Scots Greys played a key role in Napoleons defeat at Waterloo.The John Rylands Library, ... Read more

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  • Feeding Wellington's Army in the Peninsula

    The Journal of Assistant Commissary General Tupper Carey, Volume I

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Transcribed for the first time from Commissary General Tupper Carey's handwritten journals, this is the first of two volumes which cover the lively career of a Commissary who served throughout the Peninsular war and Waterloo campaign. Written with vivid detail, these journals offer a truly unique window into the life of a Commissary and the campaigns in which he served. Although a civilian and ... Read more

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