Rear Guard Action

A colleague of mine gave me this interesting little book. When he read my Waterloo book he revealed that he’d done a documentary in 2011 o...

First book read this year! Chance encounter in 2nd hand. Very readable military autobiography of early 19th century. Koch was born in...

I wrote this short introduction for a presentation I will be making at the Poldercon convention on February 12th. They asked for a present...

Also in, this great book on the Dutch army under the Kingdom of Holland. This period was the last step between the foundation of a Batavian ...

Than to watch my recent acquisitions. I'd saved up quite a few book coupons which now have been turned into paper (and some digital book...

I'm sure you're all waiting for news on how the book has been received etc. This is coming soon but it has been bussyish. However, I...

It's been rather busy the last few weeks. After the first draft I handed in early March, there followed comments that needed to be proce...

Sherwig’s well written and researched book focuses on the Guineas and Gunpowder that accompanied British diplomacy in its struggle agains...

De Adelaar En Het Lam: Onrust, Opruiing En Onwilligheid In Nederland Ten Tijde Van Het Koninkrijk Holland En De Inlijving Bij Het Franse K...

Europe Under Napoleon 1799-1815 by Michael Broers My rating: 5 of 5 stars What a great book! Broers offers an overview of Napoleoni...

Blücher: Scourge of Napoleon by Michael V. Leggiere My rating: 5 of 5 stars Probably now the best account of Blücher's life as ...

Yesterday was a day of unexpected pride for me. Not pride for anything I'd done, but two of my friends made it to television on the same...

Bought no new books, while awaiting some of the stuff that I had ordered in February. Managed to read a dozen. So still slightly behind the...

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...

Hell Upon Water by Paul Chamberlain My rating: 4 of 5 stars Well written and well researched book about the p...

In the Wake of Napoleon: The Dutch in Time of War 1792-1815 by Mark van Hatten My rating: 3 of 5 stars Book written around items f...

Ongewilde revolutie. Limburgs Maasland onder Frankrijk by Ubachs, P.J.H. My rating: 4 of 5 stars A case study of the Nedermaas de...

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

What's up with my new year's resolutions? Doing reasonably well, actually. Sometimes it feels like Ospreys don't really coun...

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 ...