Rear Guard Action

These two Osprey books form a miniseries, with the first describing the growth and zenith of Napoleon’s headquarters while the second focuse...

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

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 ...

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...

There's a bunch of books I hope to be reading this month in five groups:   The biographies of Willem I and Willem II regarding th...

Napoleon's Overseas Army by René Chartrand My rating: 3 of 5 stars Broad description of the dress and actions of French colonia...

Spare me the lame attempts at humour based on national stereotypes. Even if they claim to aim for the opposite. Stephen Clarke´s 1000 Years ...

Last week I brought Some books for Michiel, since he's going to camp around Compiegne in France this summer. Right in the middle of a nu...

Picked this one up in Levanto on Saturday in a huge stack of second hand books. Interesting to kniw how it ended up there. This is the acc...