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Showing posts with label 1813. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1813. Show all posts
Monday, 31 March 2014

Review: Yorck and the Era of Prussian Reform, 1807-1815

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Yorck and the Era of Prussian Reform, 1807-1815 by Peter Paret My rating: 5 of 5 stars Great book on the Prussian reforms before a...
Wednesday, 5 February 2014

Weather Vanes: the Art of Changing Sides

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Mattijs Lok: Windvanen. Napoleontische Bestuurders in de Nederlandse en Franse Restauratie (1813-1820) A study of the political survival o...
Thursday, 16 January 2014

A Bold and Ambitious Enterprise by Andrew Bamford

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In December 1813 the British cabinet decided to create a force to operate in the Low Countries to assure that the area came under friendly ...
Tuesday, 14 January 2014

Review: French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14

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French Guardsman vs Russian Jaeger: 1812-14 by Laurence Spring My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m not decided about this new Osprey Combat...
Friday, 3 January 2014

Review: Radetzky: Imperial Victor and Military Genius

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Radetzky: Imperial Victor and Military Genius by Alan Sked My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book fails for trying too hard. Sked is so ...
Saturday, 21 September 2013

Blücher, or the Burden of Command

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Reading Roger Parkinson´s biography of Marshal Blücher I was confronted, more than in other military biographies, by the physical and emoti...
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Sunday, 1 September 2013

The Siege of Hamburg, Sideshow of the Fall of Napoleon

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Die Eisfestung by Gabriele Hoffmann is a nice piece of history writing in accessible German. It fits in well with the other very reada...