Young Nelsons: Boy sailors during the Napoleonic Wars 9781846033605, 9781780965864, 1846033608

"The fought like young Nelsons." The words of a schoolmaster, writing from aboard HMS Mars after the battle of

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Young Nelsons: Boy sailors during the Napoleonic Wars
9781846033605, 9781780965864, 1846033608

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Here you will find most of the uniforms used during the Napoleonic Wars, between 1789 to1815. My goal was to gather a ca

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Nearly 50 years after Napoleon met his Waterloo, generals across the West continued to study his tactics and engage thei

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*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Toda

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Voices from the Napoleonic Wars reveals in telling detail the harsh lives of soldiers at the turn of the eighteenth cent

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The Napoleonic Wars were a catalyst for upheaval and reform across much of Europe. This scholarly work covers the Wars i

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What was a British soldiers life like during the Napoleonic Wars? How was he recruited and trained? How did he live on h

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As the columns of French infantry marched up the slopes of the Mont St Jean at Waterloo, the British heavy cavalry, the

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A richly detailed history of the Bacris and the Busnachs, two renowned Jewish families whose influence and reputation sh

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In 1808 Napoleon dominated Europe, but the peace was not to survive for long. Todd Fisher continues his detailed account

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