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Written by: Paul L. Dawson
Published by: Frontline Books
Submitted By: Geraint
Seldom studied in French histories and virtually ignored by English writers, the French Army fought on after Waterloo. Many commanders sought to reverse that defeat—at Versailles, Sevres, Rocquencourt, and La Souffel, the last great battle and the last French victory…
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Written by: D. Peter MacLeod
Published by: Douglas & McIntyre
Submitted By: Geraint
In the spring of 1760, after having suffered a brutal winter, Quebec garrison commander James Murray’s troops were vulnerable and reduced to an army of skeletal invalids due to malnutrition and scurvy. Trapped in hostile territory and lacking confidence in…
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Written by: Sarah Taylor
Published by: Independently Published
Submitted By: Sarah Taylor
“This is an interesting biography of the great songwriter Stephen Foster…The reader will learn much about Foster’s life, family, and the times in which he was living. Through stories from his Uncle Struthers, we learn about the Revolutionary War and…
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Written by: David Chandler
Published by: Prentice Hall
Submitted By: Geraint
For anyone with even the barest interest in the Napoleonic Wars this book is a must have. The Campaigns of Napoleon is a masterful analysis and insightful critique of Napoleon’s art of war as he himself developed and perfected it…
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Written by: Jonathan Riley
Published by: Frontline Books
Submitted By: Geraint
The monument to Isaac Brock on Queenston Heights in Canada, as high as Nelson s column in London, pays tribute to the military commander of all troops opposing the American invasion of Canada during the War of 1812. Brock s…
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Written by: William R. Short and Reynir A. Óskarson
Published by: Westholme Publishing
Submitted By: Bruce Franklin
Hello, I was invited to recommend our recent book to your reading club. A finished copy was sent to Mr. Cornwell. The book is a complete investigation into both the martial mindset of the Vikings and the construction, training, and…
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Written by: Gordon Doherty & Simon Turney
Published by: Head of Zeus -- an Aries Book
Submitted By: Gordon Doherty
(This review submitted by the book’s author) For one to rule, the other must die. 312 AD is a year of horrific and brutal warfare. Constantine’s northern army is a small force, plagued by religious rivalries, but seemingly unstoppable as…
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Written by: Dan Coultas
Published by: Independently Published
Submitted By: Dan Coultas
(This review submitted by the book’s author) Since the revival of Heathenry in the second half of the 20th century, much has been written about how the spiritual beliefs held by the people of Northern Europe in the early medieval…
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Written by: Peter MacLeod
Published by: Knopf Publishing Group
Submitted By: Geraint
The battle on the Plains of Abraham lasted twenty minutes, and at its finish the course of a continent was changed forever: New military tactics were used for the first time against standard European formations; Generals Wolfe and Montcalm each…
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Written by: Lawrence Bonney
Published by: Independently Published
Submitted By: Lawrence Bonney
(This review submitted by the book’s author) A vagabond arrested for bounty-jumping, William Prosper only joined the Continental Army to avoid the noose. Neither a patriot, nor a hero, there is little to keep him from deserting, and it is…
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