Hi Mr. Cornwell. In an August 27th posting, Dirk “Leo” Solterbeck asked about any novels dealing with Napoleon’s Northern European campaigns. I can recommend the following: 1.”Seven Men of Gascony” by R.E. Delderfield. This is a wonderful novel dealing with the adventures of seven friends who fight in the Grand Army from 1809-1815. 2.”The Complete Brigadier Gerard.” This is a collection of all 18 of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories of his French Hussar hero, Brigadier Etienne Gerard. I thoroughly enjoyed them. 3.French author Patrick Rambaud’s Napoleonic trilogy. These books examine three incidents from Napoleon’s life, seen through the eyes of various characters. “The Battle” deals with his first defeat at Aspern-Essling in 1809. “The Retreat” tells the story of the terrible retreat from Moscow in 1812. “Napoleon’s Exile” deals with his year on Elba. 4.The “Bonaparte’s Son’s” series by Richard Howard. This series went six novels before it was canceled. It tells the story of a squad of French dragoons, and goes from the 1797 Italian campaign to the battle of Eylau in 1807. I am not that enthusiastic about these, I found them rather shallow, a pale imitation of Sharpe, but they may serve to pass the time. 5. And of course there is “War and Peace” of which I need say nothing more. All these titles are available from Amazon.co.uk or used book services such as abebooks.com or alibris.com. I hope this helps. Alan Kempner