Military History
It's been such a busy year for military history that we've got separate sections for general military history, the War of 1812 and the Penninsular War. Some good potential presents for the armchair general in your midst…
– MIKABERIDZE Alexander, Russian Eyewitness Accounts of the Campaign of 1814
– BAMFORD Andrew, A Bold and Ambitious Enterprise: The British Army in the Low Countries 1813-1814
– LYNCH Timothy J., BOYER Paul S., The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Military and Diplomatic History
– CHARTRAND René, Talavera 1809: Wellington's Lightning Strike into Spain
– CRUMPLIN Michael, The Bloody Fields of Waterloo: Medical Support at Wellington's Greatest Battle
– DAWSON Paul L., Au Galop! Horses and Riders of Napoleon's Army
– HAYTHORNTHWAITE Philip, Napoleonic Heavy Cavalry and Dragoon Tactics
General History
In general history here, two milestones set the tone… Roger Knight's magisterial Britain against Napoleon and Thierry Lentz's prize-winning Congrès de Vienne. In the words of Frank Sinatra, 'It was a very good year'…!
– KNIGHT Roger, Britain Against Napoleon – The Organization of Victory, 1793–1815
– FORREST Alan (ed.), HAGEMANN Karen (ed.), War Memories: the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in Modern European Culture
– BROOKES Mabel, Napoleon on St Helena
– GLOVER Gareth (ed.), GAVIN William, The Diary of William Gavin, Ensign and Quartermaster of the 71st Highland Regiment, 1806-1815
– HOLD Alexander, History of the Campaign of 1866 in Italy
– HALL Mike, With Trumpet, Drum and Fife: A Short Treatise Covering the Rise and Fall of Military Musical Instruments
– LENTZ Thierry, Le Congrès de Vienne: Une refondation de l'Europe 1814-1815 (in French)
Books published by the Fondation Napoléon Team (in French)
As usual, throughout the year, members of the Fondation team have been putting pen to paper. Obviously the “Correspondence” takes pride of place…
– NAPOLEON I, Correspondance Générale de Napoléon Bonaparte. Tome 9: Wagram. Février 1809-Février 1810, ed. by Patrice Gueniffey (in collaboration with Michel Inglebert), coordination François Houdecek, Soléna Chény, and Irène Delage
– LENTZ Thierry, Le Congrès de Vienne: Une refondation de l'Europe 1814-1815
– DELAGE Irène, From Bonaparte to Napoleon – 100 masterpieces
– HICKS Peter, Lieutenant Woodberry: Journal de Guerre 1813-1815
Peninsular War
With the bicentenary years of the Peninsular War drawing to a close, we offer up two final volumes here for you to prolong the moment…
– HICKS Peter, Lieutenant Woodberry: Journal de Guerre 1813-1815 (in French)
– EDWARDS Peter, Salamanca 1812: Wellington's Year of Victories
Biographies
Rowland Hill, Wellington's Berthier, the unfathomable Queen Victoria, the abrasive Madame de Staël and Napoleon himself, for all those looking for a good biography this Christmas…
– HILL Joanna, Wellington's Right Hand: Rowland, Viscount Hill
– DENNISON Matthew, Queen Victoria: A Life of Contradictions
– DE STAËL Germaine, BLENNERHASSETT Charlotte, Madame de Staël, her Friends and her Influence in Politics and Literature: 3 Volume Set
– DWYER Philip G., Citizen Emperor – Napoleon in Power, 1799 – 1815
War of 1812
– BENSON Steve, TOELKE Ron, Waterways of War: The War of 1812
– MULTI-AUTHOR, The War of 1812: A Three-volume Regional Commemoration of the Bicentennial, 2012-14, Vol. 1, The Conflict Ignites
– MULTI-AUTHOR, The War of 1812: A Three-volume Regional Commemoration of the Bicentennial, 2012-14, Vol. 2, 1813: The Border in Flames
– FELTOE Richard, Flames of War: The Fight for Upper Canada, July-December 1813
– GARDINER Allen, Hunting the Essex: A Journal of the Voyage of HMS Phoebe 1813-1814
For the coffee table
Is your coffee table looking bare, or are the books on it gathering dust and no longer casting their glad eyes upon you? Well look no further. Here we have our very own, Irene Delage's monster book of Napoleonic eye candy (though not only), and there are also three fine exhibition catalogues with beautiful reproductions. A vision of loveliness…
– DELAGE Irène, From Bonaparte to Napoleon – 100 masterpieces
(indeed, this one comes with its own coffee table!)
– CARACCIOLO Maria Teresa, Italian Lives, Napoleon's Three Sisters, Exhibition Catalogue
– MACAU ARTS MUSEUM (MAM), Exhibition Catalogue: Napoleon and the Decorative Arts: Treasures of the Imperial Palaces
– ROBBE Emilie (ed.), LAGRANGE François, Napoléon et L'Europe Exhibition Catalogue (in French)
Novels
Like Napoleon? Like novels? Double your fun and treat yourself to a Napoleonic novel…
– MCGEE James, Rebellion (Matthew Hawkwood 4): Conspiracy, Revolution, War
– MOORE Peter, Damn His Blood: Being a True and Detailed History of the Most Barbarous and Inhumane Murder at Oddingley and the Quick and Awful Retribution
– COLLARD Paul Fraser, The Scarlet Thief
– DIETRICH William, The Barbed Crown
– WEXLER Django, The Thousand Names
DVDs and CDs/Music/Audiobooks and video games
– RUIZ Raul, SARMIENTO Valeria, The Lines of Wellington (DVD)
– SAUNDERS Tim, The Peninsular Collection: 95th Rifles – 1809 to Salamanca (DVD)
– KREUTZER Rodolphe, La Mort d'Abel (CD-Book)
– GILES Frank, Napoleon Bonaparte: England's Prisoner (Audiobook)
– Histwar: Napoléon (video game)
Children’s Corner, Gadgets and Fun Items
– IGARASHI Yumiko, Joséphine Impératrice (Bara no Joséphine)
– Napoleon Costume for children 10-12 years old! (In French)
Gadgets and Fun Items
– T-shirts for your dog
– Aprons for your significant other
– Napoleonic decorations for your gizmos