Napoleonic
The Last Cavalier
During his lifetime, Alexandre Dumas planned to write a series of novels that would include all of French history from…
The First Total War: Napoleon’s Europe & the Birth of Modern Warfare
World War I was not, according to David Bell, the first total war. During the age of Napoleon wars devastated…
Mississippi Jack
Jacky Faber, the irrepressible Napoleonic-era street-urchin-turned-ship’s-boy-turned-fine-lady-turned pirate, is once again in the thick of trouble in this fifth installment of…
The Generals
The Generals is the second in Simon Scarrow’s quartet of novels focusing on Wellington and Napoleon. The book opens in…
Master and Commander
What can a reviewer say about Patrick O’Brian? He is a classic, or at least his Aubrey & Maturin series…
Days of Atonement
Days of Atonement is a follow-up to Critique of Criminal Reason, also by the husband and wife team who write…
The Secret Life of Josephine
Lovely Rose of Martinique is sent to pre-revolutionary France to marry Viscount Alexandre de Beauharnais, but her arrogant new husband…
Lieutenant Fury
1793. In France, the Royalists are clinging to power in Toulon, but the Republicans are gaining ground. Lieutenant Fury, returning…
The Admiral’s Daughter
It is 1803, and Commander Thomas Kydd’s mission is to patrol home waters in order to suppress the smuggling trade.…
Mademoiselle Victorine
This engaging novel recounts an exciting life for the nude model in Edouard Manet’s famous painting, Olympia. Mademoiselle Victorine is…
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