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The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It
AvDavid A. Bell
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
259 kr
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Att planera ett krig : hur de tänkte, hur det blev - från Napoleons tid till vår egen
AvLars Ericson Wolke
Inbunden, Svenska, 2025
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
229 kr
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”Caesar slog gallerna. Hade han inte ens med sig en kock?” – Bertolt Brecht

Det låter så enkelt: ”Hitler marscherade in i Polen” eller ”Putins invasion av Ukraina”. I själva verket är krig bland det mest krävande som finns att planera och organisera. Det kan omfatta tiotals år, hundratals beslutsfattare, tusentals soldater och miljoner kronor. Så hur går det till?

Den här boken vänder sig till alla som vill veta mer om vilka förutsättningar och överväganden som görs inför en krigssituation. Den flödar över av tänkvärda exempel från historien om framgång och motgång, rättänkt och feltänkt, förutsett och oförutsett.

Och dessvärre sitter förskräckande många runt om i världen just nu och bekymrar sig för sådana utmaningar.
1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Hapsburgs, Volume II
AvJohn H. Gill
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(2)
334 kr
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In the second volume of this epic work, John H. Gill traces Napoleon's progress as he sought to complete his victory over the Habsburgs. The war had erupted on April 10th with Austria's invasion of Germany and Italy. After just two weeks, Napoleon had battered the Habsburg Archduke Charles in a series of bruising defeats. This volume begins with Napoleon astride the Danube at Regensburg. He faced a critical strategic choice - whether to pursue the injured Austrian main army into Bohemia or march directly for Vienna, the seat of Habsburg power. After electing to target Vienna, his troops defeated the Austrians in the brutal Battle of Ebelsberg, allowing him to enter the city on May 13th. However on the far side of the Danube, he then suffered a dramatic loss at the gruelling, two-day Battle of Aspern. While his Danube forces recovered from this setback, the Emperor cleared trouble from his strategic flanks. Gill describes in vivid detail the hopeful Habsburg invasion of Italy, led by the 27-year-old Archduke Johann, and the fierce French counter-offensive under Napoleon's stepson, Eugene de Beauharnais (also aged 27).In a series of encounters across Italy, de Beauharnais rebounded from initial defeat to advance triumphantly into Austrian territory, shattering and scattering Johann's army. In the wake of Aspern, while the Austrians vacillated, Napoleon gathered every man, horse and gun around Vienna, setting the stage for the gigantic spectacle of the Battle of Wagram, the final chapter in the story of the 1809 war.
1809 Thunder on the Danube: Napoleon's Defeat of the Hapsburgs, Volume III
AvJohn H. Gill
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
253 kr
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With this third volume John Gill brings to a close his magisterial study of the war between Napoleonic France and Habsburg Austria. The account begins with both armies recuperating on the banks of the Danube. As they rest, important action was taking place elsewhere: Eugene won a crucial victory over Johann on the anniversary of Marengo, Prince Poniatowski's Poles outflanked another Austrian archduke along the Vistula, and Marmont drove an Austrian force out of Dalmatia to join Napoleon at Vienna. These campaigns set the stage for the titanic Battle of Wagram. Second only in scale to the slaughter at Leipzig in 1813, Wagram saw more than 320,000 men and 900 guns locked in two days of fury that ended with an Austrian retreat. The defeat, however, was not complete: Napoleon had to force another engagement before Charles would accept a ceasefire. The battle at Znaim, its true importance often not acknowledged, brought an extended armistice that ended with a peace treaty signed in Vienna. Gill uses an impressive array of sources in an engaging narrative covering both the politics of emperors and the privations and hardship common soldiers suffered in battle.Enriched with unique illustrations, forty maps, and extraordinary order-of-battle detail, this work concludes an unrivalled English-language study of Napoleon's last victory.
Del 15 - Campaigns and Commanders Series
Napoleon's Enfant Terrible
General Dominique Vandamme
AvJohn G. Gallaher
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
291 kr
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A dedicated career soldier and excellent division and corps commander, Dominique Vandamme was a thorn in the side of practically every officer he served. Outspoken to a fault, he even criticized Napoleon, whom he never forgave for not appointing him marshal. His military prowess so impressed the emperor, however, that he returned Vandamme to command time and again.In this first book-length study of Vandamme in English, John G. Gallaher traces the career of one of Napoleon’s most successful midrank officers. He describes Vandamme’s rise from a provincial youth with neither fortune nor influence to an officer of the highest rank in the French army. Gallaher thus offers a rare look at a Napoleonic general who served for twenty-five years during the wars of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Empire.This was a time when a general could lose his head if he lost a battle. Despite Vandamme’s contentious nature, Gallaher shows, Napoleon needed his skills as a commander, and Vandamme needed Napoleon to further his career. Gallaher draws on a wealth of archival sources in France-notably the Vandamme Papers in Lille-to draw a full portrait of the general. He also reveals new information on such military events as the Silesian campaign of 1807 and the disaster at Kulm in 1813.Gallaher presents Vandamme in the context of the Napoleonic command system, revealing how he related to both subordinates and superiors. Napoleon’s Enfant Terrible depicts an officer who was his own worst enemy but who was instrumental in winning an empire.
Napoleon's Army at Austerlitz
Uniforms and Equipment of the Grande Armée at the Emperor's Greatest Battle
AvPaul L Dawson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
334 kr
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A snow-capped hill in modern day Czech Republic, dominated by a small church with black onion dome, stands on a field of battle that cemented Napoleon’s position as Emperor of the French. His throne was secure. His power was limitless. Europe lay at his feet. The Battle of Austerlitz is almost universally regarded as the most impressive of Napoleon's many victories. The magnitude of the French achievement against a larger Russian and Austrian force was unprecedented, the great victory being met by sheer amazement and delirium in Paris, where, just days earlier, the nation had been teetering on the brink of financial collapse. It was a time when Napoleon's Grande Armée was at the apogee of its power.Trained on the Channel coast for over two years, the Grande Armée was considered to be the most powerful, and in many respects the most glamourous, fighting force in Europe. Using archive documents from the time, this book sets out to chart the story of the men who made up the army. Incorporating rare eye-witness reports, that have to date never been used in English or French histories, we assess if the army was indeed the best in the world. Men like Grouchy, Oudinot, Ney, D’hautpoul and many other famous names put the army through its paces – it is their judgements that confirm or deny the effectiveness of the army.These men also minutely examined the men’s clothing and equipment. Using these reports we present for the first time the true story of the Grande Armée. This has been possible due to the author’s access to a vast resource, as yet untapped by the vast majority of researchers and historians for understanding Napoleonic era in general. These are the regimental archive boxes preserved in the French Army Archives. From the regimental inspections, as well as the observations of Divisional commanders written at the time, these sources provide, potentially bias free empirical data – it is based on personal assessments thus is not error free – from which we can reconstruct the life story of a regiment, its officers and above all its clothing.More uniquely, the text is supported by an unrivalled collection of full colour illustrations, many of which have never been published before, including images of original items of equipment that are held in both museums and private collections to which the author has been granted special access.In this beautifully illustrated book, Paul Dawson critically re-examines the mythos and presents the judgement call made at the time about the army, that has ever since been overtly romanticised by both lovers and haters of Napoleon.
Napoleon'S Buttons
How 17 Molecules Changed History
AvPenny Le Couteur,Jay Burreson
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
275 kr
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Del 153 - From Reason to Revolution 1721-1815
Napoleon's Cuirassiers in Spain
The History of the 13th Cuirassiers Regiment (1808–1814)
AvOlivier Lapray
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
333 kr
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Napoleon's Cavalry, Artillery and Technical Corps 1799-1815
History, Organization and Equipment
AvGabriele Esposito
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
280 kr
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The French Army of Napoleon could count on a brilliant mounted arm, consisting of three main types of cavalry: heavy, medium and light. The first, consisting of carabiniers and cuirassiers, was tasked with conducting frontal charges; the second, consisting of dragoons and lancers, could perform a variety of different duties; the third, consisting of hussars and mounted chasseurs, was tasked with scouting and skirmishing. The various regiments were all dressed in flamboyant uniforms and distinctive equipment. Perhaps more than any other troops they encapsulated the dash and glamour of Napoleonic warfare.Napoleon started his military career as an artillery officer and thus always paid great attention to the quality of his army's artillery, which consisted of both foot and horse units. Several of Bonaparte's greatest victories were achieved thanks to the superiority of his artillery, which was with undoubtedly the best in Europe during the period 1799-1815\. In addition to cavalry and artillery, the author also covers the minor technical corps' of Napoleon's army, such as the engineers and supply train. All are beautifully illustrated by the many colour plates in this book, and their organization, equipment and tactics described.
Del 66 - New Vanguard
Napoleon's Guns 1792–1815 (1)
Field Artillery
AvRené Chartrand
Häftad, Engelska, 2003
161 kr
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As a young gunner, Napoleon Bonaparte was trained in one of Europe’s finest artillery arms.Both the technological sophistication of their weaponry and the skill of their gunners was largely the result of the adoption of the system devised by one man, Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval. Gribeauval’s standardised system of parts and calibres allowed a degree of uniformity and sophistication in the French artillery that was unmatched throughout Europe, and allowed Napoleon to inherit and develop an arm that could dominate the battlefield.This volume covers the field artillery pieces of the system: the 4-, 8- and 12-pdr guns; light 1-pdr guns and mountain guns; and later innovations such as the 6-pdr gun.
No More Napoleons
How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One
AvAndrew Lambert
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
165 kr
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How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte—manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars, a fragile peace emerged in Europe. The continent’s borders were redrawn, and the French Empire, once a significant threat to British security, was for now cut down to size. But after decades of ceaseless conflict, Britain’s economy was beset by a crippling debt. How could this small, insular seapower state secure order across the Channel? Andrew Lambert argues for a dynamic new understanding of the nineteenth century, showing how British policymakers shaped a stable European system that it could balance from offshore. Through judicious deployment of naval power against continental forces, and the defence strategy of statesmen such as the Duke of Wellington, Britain ensured that no single European state could rise to pose a threat, rebuilt its economy, and established naval and trade dominance across the globe. This is the remarkable story of how Britain kept a whole continent in check—until the final collapse of this delicately balanced order at the outset of World War One.
Napoleons fälttåg
AvMagnus Olofsson
Pocket, Svenska, 2022
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(1)
99 kr
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»En av årets väsentliga svenska militärhistoriska böcker.« Lars Gyllenhaal
Våren 1796 slog meddelandet ned som en bomb i den franska Italienarmén. En blott 26 år gammal korsikansk lågadelsman vid namn Napoléon Bonaparte hade blivit utsedd till dess chef. Hans militära meriter var ytterst magra, han hade inte ens lett en bataljon i fält, än mindre en armé på över 60 000 man. Det visade sig mycket snart att den lille generalens oansenliga yttre dolde en sällsynt talang för att föra krig, parad med en väldig arbetskapacitet och en måttlös maktlystnad. De kommande åren krossade han den ena efter den andra av Frankrikes fiender, och i december 1804 krönte han sig själv till kejsare.
Men kejsarens enastående kapacitet att vinna krig kombinerades inte med en motsvarande förmåga att vinna fred. Hans hårdhänta framfart härdade Frankrikes fiender, krig följde på krig. Bländad av myten om sin egen krigiska oövervinnerlighet började han begå misstag och därmed staka ut sin egen väg mot undergången.
Napoleons fälttåg är en historia om uppgång och fall, med en av de främsta fältherrar som någonsin skådats i berättelsens centrum. Historikern Magnus Olofsson berättar kunnigt om triumferna och misstagen som kantade Napoleons militära bana, men också om de hundratusentals människor som föll offer för korsikanens krigiska äregirighet.
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Napoleon and his Marshals
Victory, Rivalry, Betrayal
AvAndrew Roberts
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
456 kr
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From the award-winning, Sunday Times bestselling author of Churchill and Napoleon the Great, the dramatic story of the team of rivals who propelled the rise and fall of history's greatest warrior.In 1804, immediately after he appointed himself Emperor, Napoleon created the Marshalate, the supreme military honour of the empire. Over the next decade, he elevated to it some of his most outstanding generals who played leading roles in his extraordinary campaigns – including the courageous Ney, the flamboyant Murat, the tenacious Masséna, the iron Davout and the meticulous Berthier.Some of them were sons of aristocrats, others of innkeepers or coopers, but all carried the baton of a Marshal of France. Napoleon and his Marshals masterfully captures their personalities and ambitions, their capacities and rivalries, and their fiery relationship with their leader.Andrew Roberts reveals that, unlike Lincoln, who forged a team of rivals, Napoleon created a nest of vipers: one whose lust for glory descended into destructive competitiveness and mutual recrimination. For all his inspiring qualities as a leader, he manipulated and undermined those whose loyalty he most needed to survive. Ultimately, only two among the twenty-six marshals rode beside him at Waterloo.This dramatic and hugely enjoyable book by one of Britain's most admired historians is by far the richest narrative account of these brilliant figures and the role they played in making – and undoing – one of history's most brilliant military minds.
Napoleon's Officers
Uniforms and Equipment
AvPaul L Dawson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2027
433 kr
Kommande
Forming part of the author’s ground-breaking series of books providing the essential reference point for the dress of Napoleon’s army, Napoleon’s Officers: Uniforms and Equipment will be the most important study to be presented in over 200 years of this perennially popular subject for wargamers, artists and historians.Relying primarily on period regulations and little used archive records held in the Archives Nationales and Service Historique du Armée de Terre in Paris, as well as contemporary illustrations and original items of uniforms, the author sets out to describe the dress of the Grande Armée’s staff in the most complete and accurate manner since the glory days of the First Empire.Napoleon’s Officers: Uniforms and Equipment examines the dress of generals of brigade and division, including the lavish and elaborate wardrobe of General Lasalle, the idol of the light cavalry. Among the uniforms described are those of the adjutant commandants, adjutants, secretaries and other often forgotten, but essential personnel who were responsible for the day-to-day management of the Grande Armée on campaign.The flamboyant dress of Berthier’s aides-de-camp is shown, with their scarlet pantaloons and black dolmans, as well as the aides for the both the marshals of the empire and other senior field officers. Also examined are ordnance officers – the men who acted in the name of the Emperor – dressed in green or mid blue, these officers outranked any other officer in the army. These men ensured the Emperor’s orders were carried out. Equally important to the functioning of the French Army were the couriers and post men who transmitted orders, they were essential to the command and control of the Grande Armée.Other staff members were topographical officers who mapped the route of the army, war commissioners, the men who made sure the army was fed and obtained the necessary raw materials to make new uniforms, and inspectors of review who ensured that the army was clothed – the very essence of this visually stunning book.
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Napoleon's Orangutan
A collection of miraculous creatures
AvKatherine Rundell
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
130 kr
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A pocket-sized celebration of animals that we should all treasure, from the author of The Golden Mole and Impossible Creatures and gorgeously illustrated by Chris Wormell. Napoleon had an orangutan called Rose, who ate turnips at the dinner table and stood when guests came into the room. She was much adored, but could not survive in Paris.A pig can be taught to differentiate between Bach and a brass band. One was once tried for murder: another saved a human's life.An owl can turn its head two hundred and seventy degrees. They can learn to come at a whistle, and remember the signal for years, if they wish to.The creatures who share our world are stranger, smarter and more miraculous than you would believe.In this delightful collection, Katherine Rundell celebrates twelve vanishing animals, each one a wonder that she inspires us to treasure and fight for with love - because, as she argues so beguilingly: 'The time to give up is never.''Rundell is the real deal, a writer of boundless gifts and extraordinary imaginative power' Observer'It is among my proudest boasts, that I was massive Rundell fan before she became a national treasure' Dan Snow
Del 88 - Arcturus Ornate Classics
Napoleon's The Art of War and Power
Gilded Pocket Edition
AvNapoleon Bonaparte
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
114 kr
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This handsome hardback compiles the incredible maxims on warfare from Europe's most formidable general, Napoleon Bonaparte, in a striking collector's edition with gilded page edges.Napoleon Bonaparte's ascent to power was meteoric. Ever the outsider and regarded by many as an upstart, his extraordinary determination, courage, and tactical skill saw him rise from ordinary beginnings to become the greatest military commander of his age.This beautiful pocket hardback of Napoleon's maxims for conduct on the battlefield gives a fascinating insight into his knowledge, intuition, and resourcefulness. His ideas have shaped the opinion of generations of military strategists, politicians, and business entrepreneurs, and are still relevant today. The translation, by British army officer Colonel George D'Aguilar, contains notes exploring the background to Napoleon's theories of war and the leaders who inspired him.This elegant pocket-sized gift edition has real collector's appeal, featuring the classic, unabridged text, a facsimile of Napoleon's signature on the title page, gold gilded page edges and beautifully designed endpapers. Part of the Arcturus Ornate Classics series this book makes wonderful gift for anyone interested in leadership and military strategy.ABOUT THE SERIES: Arcturus Ornate Classics are beautifully bound editions of iconic literary works across history. These compact, foil-embossed hardbacks are printed using deluxe ivory paper and make the perfect gift.
Napoleon's Peninsular War
The French Experience of the War in Spain from Vimeiro to Corunna, 1808-1809
AvPaul L Dawson
Inbunden, Engelska, 2020
280 kr
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Memoirs of British soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War are commonplace and histories of the momentous campaigns and battles of Sir John Moore and Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, can be numbered by the score. Yet surprisingly little has been published in English on their opponents, the French.Using previously unseen material from the French army archives in Paris, which includes numerous memoires that have not even been published in France, renowned historian Paul Dawson tells the story of the early years of the Peninsular War as never before.Eyewitness accounts of the horrific Siege of Zaragoza, in which more than 50,000 soldiers and civilians were killed defending the city, and of the cataclysmic Spanish defeats at Medellin and Ocana are interspersed with details of campaign life in the Iberian Peninsula and of struggling through the Galician mountains in pursuit of the British army marching to Corunna.As well as the drama of the great battles and the ever-present fear of Spanish guerrillas - the knife in the back, the flash of steel in the dark - Paul Dawson draws on the writings of the French soldiers to examine the ordinary conscript's belief in the war they were fighting for their Emperor, Napoleon.In this much-needed study of the Peninsular War from the French perspective, Paul Dawson has produced an unprecedented, yet vital addition to our understanding of the war in Iberia. _Napoleon's Peninsular War_ is destined to become one of the classic accounts of this turbulent, yet endlessly fascinating era.
Napoleons fälttåg
AvMagnus Olofsson
Inbunden, Svenska, 2020
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(3)
257 kr
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»Trots att Napoleons namn än idag är så välkänt har det getts ut förvånansvärt lite Napoleon-litteratur på svenska. Både därför + Brexit + för att Magnus Olofsson skriver trovärdigt och modernt anser jag att hans bok är en av årets väsentliga svenska militärhistoriska böcker.« Totalförsvar & Historia
»Boken, som är mycket utförligt och engagerande skriven, vänder sig till en bred historieintresserad allmänhet. Framställningen fokuserar främst på Napoleons militära bedrifter med detaljerade redogörelser för de viktigaste fältslagen han deltog i.« BTJ
Våren 1796 chockerades den franska armén i Italien. En blott 26 år gammal korsikansk lågadelsman vid namn Napoleon Bonaparte hade blivit utsedd till deras chef. Bonapartes militära meriter var ytterst magra, han hade inte ens lett en bataljon i fält, än mindre en armé på över 60 000 man.
Det visade sig mycket snart att den lille generalens oansenliga yttre dolde en sällsynt talang för att föra krig, samt en väldig arbetskapacitet och en måttlös maktlystnad. De kommande åren krossades Frankrikes fiender en efter en, och i december 1804 krönte sig Napoleon själv till kejsare.
Men kejsarens magnifika förmåga att vinna krig parades inte med en motsvarande förmåga att skapa fred. Bländad av myten om sin egen oövervinnerlighet började Napoleon begå misstag och staka ut sin egen väg mot undergången.
Historikern Magnus Olofsson har skrivit en spännande och kunnig bok om Napoleons fälttåg. Titeln ingår i Historiska Medias bokserie Krigens historia.
Del 55 - Men-at-Arms
Napoleon's Dragoons and Lancers
AvEmir Bukhari
Häftad, Engelska, 1976
156 kr
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France was to call up a total of 1,600,000 men during the Napoleonic Wars, of whom a mere 600,000 were to survive.For those conscripted into service, one of the better fates would be recruitment as a cavalryman. Napoleon's dragoons were not just any band of individuals sorted and labelled cavalrymen; they were mounted infantrymen, trained to be adept with both musket and sabre, and proud of that distinction. Originally mounted for the sake of mobility but generally fighting on foot, they evolved into an army equally at home sabring at the charge as firing dismounted.
Del 64 - Men-at-Arms
Napoleon's Cuirassiers and Carabiniers
AvEmir Bukhari
Häftad, Engelska, 1977
156 kr
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Owing to the heavy casualties suffered by the carabiniers in the 1809 campaign, the Emperor decreed that they should be armoured to the same advantage as the cuirassiers.In this way the two corps drew together in being the only troops of the Grande Armeé who were armoured, while at the same time they diverged in breaking away from their traditionally similar dress. Emir Bukhari thoroughly examines the uniforms and equipment of Napoleon's cuirassiers and carabiniers, in a text complemented throughout by numerous illustrations and diagrams including eight full page colour plates by the ever popular Angus McBride.
Hortense de Beauharnais. Ein Leben im Schatten Napoleons
AvChris Inken Soppa
Inbunden, Tyska, 2022
304 kr
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Napoleon's Egypt: Invading the Middle East
AvJuan Cole
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
293 kr
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Napoleon's Library
The Emperor, His Books and Their Influence on the Napoleonic Era
AvLouis N Sarkozy
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
171 kr
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Napoleon Bonaparte held absolute political power in France and his influence stretched across Europe and beyond. Yet he remained – between leading his armies and ruling over a vast empire – an indefatigable reader who even carried libraries into battle.Bonaparte’s love of the written word, birthed in childhood and nurtured as an adolescent and young adult, never left him. He was a lover of literature for its own sake – often swooning over melodramatic love stories – but he also understood the value of books as instruments of power. Before his campaigns, he poured over dozens of texts relating to the relevant theatres’ geography, population, trade, and history. When contemplating grave decisions, such as his divorce to Empress Josephine, he consulted the historical record for useful precedents to justify and inform his actions. To bolster his troop’s morale during challenging times, he constantly referenced history in his proclamations, making his contemporaries feel as if they were actively shaping history. They were.The library of an individual is the key to his mind. Behind the grandiose paintings of the victorious conqueror and the constructions of the propagandist, stands the reader. This book is an attempt to glimpse Napoleon’s character without the veneer of imperial glory.What was he like, alone at night by his fireplace? What thoughts percolated in the mind of the ambitious 20-year-old, isolated in a little room while theorizing about man’s happiness? Who are the literary and historical figures which can claim to have had impacted his life? Who were his favourite authors?Through this book the reader will embark on a literary promenade with the great general and statemen. In these pages are found the emperor’s favourite authors. And with them, the key to understanding his mind.
Till Sankt Helena : nesofilens resa till Napoleons sista ö
AvAnders Källgård
Inbunden, Svenska, 2011
4,7 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(3)
325 kr
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Till Sankt Helena handlar om en resa i tid och rum, till den isolerade ön Sankt Helena i Sydatlanten. Ön är fortfarande en brittisk koloni. Enda sättet att ta sig dit är med postbåt. En ständig medresenär är Napoleon som förvisades hit efter nederlaget vid Waterloo 1815. Boken är skriven av en av våra främsta nesofiler (ö-älskare), som inte kan avhålla sig från avstickare också till andra öar, som tillhör både de fulaste, vackraste och mest avlägsna. Napoleon spelar en stor roll i boken, men här möter läsaren också andra ömänniskor som tex Roland Svensson. Även ögalenskap finns med i boken, i olika former. I denna innehållsrika skildring kan man även inhämta kunskap om engelsmän, Afrika och andra öar. Till Sankt Helena är en klassisk reseskildring. Anders Källgård är läkare, men framför allt författare till en rad böcker om öar, bl.a. Sveriges öar, Danmarks, Färöarnas och Grönlands öar, och På Pitcairn. Han är bosatt i Varberg, men ofta på resa.
Napoleon's Peninsular War
The French Experience of the War in Spain from Vimeiro to Corunna, 1808–1809
AvPaul L Dawson
Häftad, Engelska, 2026
173 kr
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Memoirs of British soldiers who fought in the Peninsular War are commonplace and histories of the momentous campaigns and battles of Sir John Moore and Sir Arthur Wellesley, the future Duke of Wellington, can be numbered by the score. Yet surprisingly little has been published in English on their opponents, the French.Using previously unseen material from the French army archives in Paris, which includes numerous memoires that have not even been published in France, renowned historian Paul Dawson tells the story of the early years of the Peninsular War as never before.Eyewitness accounts of the horrific Siege of Zaragoza, in which more than 50,000 soldiers and civilians were killed defending the city, and of the cataclysmic Spanish defeats at Medellin and Ocaña are interspersed with details of campaign life in the Iberian Peninsula and of struggling through the Galician mountains in pursuit of the British army marching to Corunna.As well as the drama of the great battles and the ever-present fear of Spanish guerrillas – the knife in the back, the flash of steel in the dark – Paul Dawson draws on the writings of the French soldiers to examine the ordinary conscript’s belief in the war they were fighting for their Emperor, Napoleon.In this much-needed study of the Peninsular War from the French perspective, Paul Dawson has produced an unprecedented, yet vital addition to our understanding of the war in Iberia. Napoleon’s Peninsular War is destined to become one of the classic accounts of this turbulent, yet endlessly fascinating era.
Life In Napoleon's Army
The Graphic Memoirs of Captain Elzear Blaze
AvElzear Blaze
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
176 kr
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Blaze's memoirs are one of the most fascinating recollections of the Napoleonic Wars ever to be published. Written by an officer of wide experience and colourful style, this memoir presents an outstanding picture of the First Empire, providing an officer's perspective of the character, customs and mode of operation of the French army. Its value is enriched and enlivened by anecdotes from the authors own experiences. Blaze entered the army as a youth, via the Imperial Guard elite organisation, a path only open to those of some wealth. After gaining his commission as an officer, he served in the campaigns from Poland in 1807 to the fall of France in 1814. The wide range and extent of his service made Blaze perfectly suited to produce a record of Napoleon's army during this climactic period.
Del 410 - Men-at-Arms
Napoleon's Balkan Troops
AvVladimir Brnardic
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
161 kr
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South-east Europe is one of the most neglected fronts of the Napoleonic Wars; yet on the coast of the Adriatic Sea – broadly, former Western Yugoslavia and the Ionian Islands – France struggled to hold a vital strategic outpost dominating Austrian and Russian access to the Mediterranean.Here she took into imperial service former Austrian frontier regiments, which fought with distinction in Russia in 1812; and raised irregulars from among the exotic warrior populations to guard the Turkish frontier inland, and the coasts and islands from British naval raids.This detailed review of all such troops is illustrated with rare prints and meticulous colour plates.
Att planera ett krig : hur de tänkte, hur det blev - från Napoleons tid till vår egen
AvLars Ericson Wolke
E-bok
Svenska, 2025
169 kr
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”Caesar slog gallerna. Hade han inte ens med sig en kock?” – Bertolt Brecht

Det låter så enkelt: ”Hitler marscherade in i Polen” eller ”Putins invasion av Ukraina”. I själva verket är krig bland det mest krävande som finns att planera och organisera. Det kan omfatta tiotals år, hundratals beslutsfattare, tusentals soldater och miljoner kronor. Så hur går det till?

Den här boken vänder sig till alla som vill veta mer om vilka förutsättningar och överväganden som görs inför en krigssituation. Den flödar över av tänkvärda exempel från historien om framgång och motgång, rättänkt och feltänkt, förutsett och oförutsett.

Och dessvärre sitter förskräckande många runt om i världen just nu och bekymrar sig för sådana utmaningar.
Napoleon's Glance
The Secret of Strategy
AvWilliam Duggan
Häftad, Engelska, 2004
219 kr
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When Napoleon's Glance was first published last spring, former NATO secretary general and now putative presidential candidate Wesley Clark declared, "This is a very important book." In Napoleon's Glance strategist William Duggan shows how Clark, along with ten other important figures in the fields of politics, war and culture, owed their success to coup d'oeil. But what is coup d'oeil? Carl von Clausewitz spent twenty years struggling to pin down the genius of Napoleon. In chapter six of what would become "On War" he discovered the secret of Napoleon's strategy: Napoleon's glance. Clausewitz calls it "coup d'oeil" meaning a stroke of the eye, or "glance." A sudden insight that shows you what course of action to take, it comes from knowledge of the past, drawing on what worked in other situations in a new combination that fits the problem at hand. In Napoleon's Glance, Duggan expertly weaves intellectual history and biography in showing how important and decisive coup d'oeil is in determining victory in war, art, the civil rights movement, third world development, and the battle for women's suffrage in America.
Napoleon's Wars
An International History, 1803-1815
AvCharles Esdaile
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
192 kr
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No other soldier has provoked as much anger or as much fervour as Napoleon Bonaparte. Was he a monster, driven on by an endless, ruinous quest for military adventure – or was he a social and political visionary, brought down by petty reactionaries clinging to their privileges?Charles Esdaile’s major new work reframes our understanding of Napoleon. Napoleon’s Wars looks beyond the insatiable greed for glory to create a new, genuinely international context for Napoleon’s career. The battles themselves Esdaile sees as almost side-effects, the consequences of rulers being willing to take the immense risks of fighting or supporting Napoleon – risks that could result in the extinction of entire countries and regimes.