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  • Napoleon and Doctor Verling on St Helena

    Many books have been written about St Helena and its most famous resident, the exiled Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte. The episode has been so intensively researched that it is rare for a fresh, unpublished account to come to light. Yet Dr James Verling's St Helena journal is just such a source. Verling was based on St Helena during Napoleon's imprisonment and he was even appointed as Napoleon's ... Read more

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  • The Road to St Helena

    Napoleon After Waterloo

    Napoleon's incredible career went through a number of distinct periods. Much has been written about his rise to power, his time as leader of France, his ultimate defeat at Waterloo and his exile on St. Helena. But the short critical period of his fall from power, the few months in 1815 between Waterloo and his arrival on St. Helena, has received less attention. J. David Markham's gripping new ... Read more

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  • Napoleon For Dummies

    Explains his influence on the military, law, politics, and religionGet the real story of Napoleon BonaparteNot sure what's true about Napoleon? This easy-to-follow guide gets past the stereotypes and introduces you to this extraordinary man's beginnings, accomplishments, and famous romances. It traces Napoleon's rise from Corsican military cadet to Emperor of the French, chronicles his military ... Read more

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  • Simply Caesar

    Series Book 35 - Great Lives
    Julius Caesar (100–44 BCE) rose from a relatively modest patrician background to become one of the most powerful figures in Roman history. His military genius, particularly in his conquest of Gaul, expanded the Roman Empire to unprecedented levels, while his political acumen allowed him to navigate the intricacies of Roman politics and eventually declare himself dictator. However, his ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    History Revisited: The Great Battles

    Eminent Historians Take on the Great Works of Alternative History

    Narrated by Stephen Hoye ...

    Abridged

    6 hours 24 min

    Combining short stories in the alternate military-history genre with speculative history, this entertaining book invites listeners to consider what didn't happen to gain a richer understanding of what did. Acclaimed fiction writers John Mina, Kim Stanley Robinson, William Sanders, and Harry Turtledove pose intriguing "What if?" questions about Napoleon, the U.S. Civil War, the American South, and ... Read more

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  • Simply Napoleon

    Series Book 11 - Great Lives
    “What a little gem! If you are looking for a quick biography of Napoleon, look no further. With lively narrative and good mastery of facts, Simply Napoleon will take you on a thrilling journey recounting Napoleon's rise to power from his humble beginnings on the island of Corsica to the emperor of much of Europe. Highly recommended for those wanting a brief refresher on one of the greatest ... Read more

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  • Narrative Therapy in Wonderland

    Connecting with Children's Imaginative Know-How

    Recognizing the power of children’s imaginations in narrative therapy.Therapists may marvel at children's imaginative triumphs, but how often do they recognize such talents as vital to the therapy hour? Should therapists reserve a space for make-believe only when nothing is at stake, or might it be precisely those moments when something truly matters that imagination is most urgently needed?This ... Read more

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  • Simply Caesar

    Great Lives, #35

    Series Book 35 - Great Lives
    Julius Caesar (100–44 BCE) rose from a relatively modest patrician background to become one of the most powerful figures in Roman history. His military genius, particularly in his conquest of Gaul, expanded the Roman Empire to unprecedented levels, while his political acumen allowed him to navigate the intricacies of Roman politics and eventually declare himself dictator. However, his ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Napoleon

    A Life

    The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the acclaimed author of Churchill and The Last King of America—winner of the LA Times Book prize, finalist for the Plutarch prize, winner of the Fondation Napoleon prize and a New York Times bestseller“A thrilling tale of military and political genius… Roberts is an uncommonly gifted writer.” —The Washington PostAusterlitz, Borodino, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Rise Of Napoleon Bonaparte

    by Robert Asprey ...
    Ever since 1821, when he died at age fifty-one on the forlorn and windswept island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte has been remembered as either demi-god or devil incarnate. In The Rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the first volume of a two-volume cradle-to-grave biography, Robert Asprey instead treats him as a human being. Asprey tells this fascinating, tragic tale in lush narrative detail. The Rise ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Marshal Vauban

    Louis XIV's Engineer Genius

    by James Falkner ...
    "[A] vivid and well written account of the life of the man who built some of the most magnificent military structures known to man."—Clayton Donnell, "Fortress Archaeologist"Sebastien Le Prestre, Marshal Vauban, was one of the greatest military engineers of all time. His complex, highly sophisticated fortress designs, his advanced theories for the defense and attack of fortified places, and his ... Read more

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  • Napoleon and the Art of Diplomacy

    How War and Hubris Determined the Rise and Fall of the French Empire

    A small library could be stocked with books written about Napoleon Bonaparte the general, whose battles and campaigns have been studied extensively. Warriors, however, are not generally known for their diplomatic skills and Napoleon is no exception. After all, conquerors are accustomed to imposing rather than negotiating terms. For Napoleon, however, the arts of war and diplomacy meshed. Napoleon ... Read more

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