Napoleonic
Memory of Flames
When Lieutenant Colonel Margont is ordered by Joseph Bonaparte to investigate the murder of a colonel charged with drawing up…
Grandville
This is a sumptuously illustrated graphic novel, by an author-artist who received wide acclaim for his 2007 book Alice in…
The Betrayal of the Blood Lily
Sixth in Willig’s series featuring present day academic Eloise Kelly researching the exploits of aristocratic English spies in the Napoleonic…
The Coral Thief
Young Daniel Connor travels on a career-expanding venture to the post-Napoleonic Paris of 1815. A medical student from Scotland, Daniel…
The Secret War
In the aftermath of the battle of Waterloo, Captain William Saxon and Lieutenant Kieran Harte are wounded and battle-weary –…
The Tide of War
1794. There is a French frigate causing trouble in the Caribbean. The British have a frigate there too, but she…
Pauline Bonaparte: Venus of Empire
The Bonaparte clan depicted in Flora Fraser’s biography could rival any reality TV family for scandal. Pauline Bonaparte is thought…
Twelve
This book is described in the publicity as ‘genre breaking’ and the ‘first Napoleonic historical vampire novel’. I do not…
Twelve
Set in 1812, this book tells the story of Napoleon’s assault on Moscow. Russian city after Russian city has fallen…
Cat O’Nine Tails
1791. In this fourth Cat Royal adventure, Cat, dressed as a boy, is kidnapped and taken on board HMS Courageous…
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