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  • The Origin of the Red Cross: "Un souvenir de Solferino"

    Enriched edition. A Vision for Humanity: From Solferino to the Red Cross Movement

    by Henry Dunant, Jenna Kirkland ...
    Translated by Anna B. Heylin Wright ...
    In "Un souvenir de Solferino," Henry Dunant presents a poignant and detailed account of the atrocities he witnessed during the Battle of Solferino in 1859, a pivotal event in the Italian Wars of Independence. Through vivid and emotive prose, Dunant not only recounts the horrors of war but also highlights the pressing need for humanitarian reform and the organization of medical care for wounded ... Read more

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  • The Origin of the Red Cross: "Un souvenir de Solferino"

    by Henry Dunant ...
    "Un souvenir de Solferino" is a pivotal work by Henry Dunant that recounts the horrors witnessed during the Battle of Solferino in 1859. This profound narrative not only details the suffering of soldiers but also highlights the urgent need for humanitarian aid in times of war. Dunant's vivid descriptions and emotional appeal laid the groundwork for the establishment of the International Red Cross, ... Read more

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  • The Origin of the Red Cross: "Un souvenir de Solferino"

    Enriched edition.

    by Henry Dunant, Cooper Black ...
    Translated by Anna B. Heylin Wright ...
    In "Un souvenir de Solferino," Henry Dunant provides a poignant narrative that emerges from his harrowing experiences on the battlefield during the Second Italian War of Independence. With a uniquely vivid and immersive literary style, Dunant intertwines personal anecdotes with a critical social commentary on the plight of wounded soldiers who were often left without care. The book serves as both ... Read more

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  • The Origin of the Red Cross: "Un souvenir de Solferino"

    by Henry Dunant ...
    Translated by Anna B. Heylin Wright ...
    After noticing the suffering of thousands of wounded soldiers at the Battle of Solferino in 1859, Henry Dunant decided to write 'A Memory of Solferino'. Its publication proved conclusive in founding the International Committee of the Red Cross. In this influential book, Dunanat brilliantly described the battle, the sufferings, and the aid organization. ... Read more

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  • The Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot. Vol. I

    by Général de Brigade, Baron Louis-François Lejeune ...
    Translated by Mrs Arthur Bell ...
    Series series The Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot.
    Amongst the many memoirs of the Napoleonic period, there are a number that stand out not just for their historical value, but also for their actual written style; however, in this sense Lejeune stands alone. He was by nature an artist and is still famous as a noted painter of scenes of battles, most of which he witnessed. As such his scenes are like his paintings, filled with evocative detail.The ... Read more

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  • Garibaldi and the Italian Unification

    by F.J. Snell ...
    Giuseppe (Joseph) Garibaldi was born at Nice on July 4, 1807. Nice is now, and has been since 1860, a French town, but between these dates it was included in the kingdom of Piedmont, and its Italian name is Nizza. The Garibaldis were pure Italians, having come thirty years before from Chiavari, on the other side of Genoa. It is quite possible, however, that hundreds of years ago a forefather of ... Read more

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  • Never Again!

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    Never again must this Thing happen. The time has come — if the human race does not wish to destroy itself in its own madness — for men to make up their minds as to what they will do in the future; for now indeed is it true that we are come to the cross-roads, we stand at the Parting of the Ways. ... Read more

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  • Memoirs of a French Napoleonic Officer

    Jean-Baptiste Barres, Chasseur of the Imperial Guard

    by Jean-Baptiste Barres ...
    Series series The Napoleonic Library
    A personal account by a soldier serving in Napoleon's army who was also a witness to his coronation as emperor and other historic events.These lively memoirs date from the time of Jean-Baptiste Barrès's entry into the Chasseurs Velites (skirmishers, or light infantry) of Napoleon's Imperial Guard in 1804. Always modest in recounting his own exploits, Barrès was not only at the cannon's mouth, but ... Read more

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  • The Fencing Master by Alexandre Dumas (Illustrated)

    by Alexandre Dumas ...
    Series Book 5 - Delphi Parts Edition (Alexandre Dumas)
    This eBook features the unabridged text of ‘The Fencing Master’ from the bestselling edition of ‘The Collected Works of Alexandre Dumas’.Having established their name as the leading publisher of classic literature and art, Delphi Classics produce publications that are individually crafted with superior formatting, while introducing many rare texts for the first time in digital print. The Delphi ... Read more

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  • Fighting Napoleon

    The Recollections of Lieutenant John Hildebrand 35th Foot in the Mediterranean and Waterloo Campaigns

    by Gareth Glover ...
    "These lively and entertaining memoirs provide an intriguing counterpoint to Wellington's better-known operations in the Iberian Peninsula" (Julian Stockwin, author of the Thomas Kydd series).It is often forgotten that Britain's struggle against Napoleon ranged across the continents, and the extensive operations of the Royal Navy and the British Army in the Mediterranean were key battlegrounds in ... Read more

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  • 1812 Napoleon I in Russia

    by Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin ...
    The following pages are not offered to the reader as a history of the invasion of Russia by Napoleon. They are but the statement of the basis of observation on which M. Verestchagin has founded his great series of pictures illustrative of the campaign. These pictures are now to be exhibited in this country, and the painter has naturally desired to show us from what point of view he has approached ... Read more

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  • Waterloo

    by Victor Hugo ...
    Translated by Norman Denny ...
    Series series Penguin Little Black Classics
    'Brave Frenchmen, will you not surrender?'Cambronne answered, 'Merde!'A tense, dramatic account of the Battle of Waterloo - and how a rain shower changed history - from Victor Hugo's epic novel Les Misérables.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and ... Read more

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