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Fighting the Russians
Before the French Revolution, the Russian Empire played a minor role in the history of Western Europe, yet its involvement in the wars of the Republic and against Napoleon would change its influence on the fate of the continent forever. Fighting the Russians examines the crucial role played by the men of the Czar's Empire through hundreds of original letters, notebooks and accounts written by French soldiers at the time of the events or shortly after the fall of Napoleon. These rare unpublished sources, or those never before translated into English, recount key moments such as the battles of Zurich, Austerlitz, Eylau, Borodino and Leipzig, the burning of Moscow, the passage of the Berezina and the capture of Paris by the Cossacks. The terrible retreat from Russia and the torture inflicted on French soldiers by irregulars are also examined, as well as the times Napoleon was almost captured by Russian horsemen. Together, these writings plunge the reader into a world of unprecedented violence, but they also reveal the French fascination with the Russians, who were perceived as strange individuals from faraway lands whose courage bordered on madness.
Fighting the British
The British army during the Napoleonic Wars is often studied using English sources and the British view of their French opponents has been covered in exhaustive detail. However, the French view of the British has been less often studied and is frequently misunderstood. This book, based on hundreds of letters, memoirs, and reports of French officers and soldiers of the Napoleonic armies, adds to the existing literature by exploring the British army from the French side of the battle line.Each chapter looks at a specific campaign involving the French and the British. Extensive quotes from the French soldiers who were there are complemented by detailed notes describing the context of the war an...
Fighting for Napoleon
True, first-hand accounts of combat and soldiering from the men who fought for Napoleon Bonparte and the First French Empire: “Fascinating stuff” (Stuart Asquith, author of Military Modelling). The French side of the Napoleonic Wars is often presented from a strategic point of view, or in terms of military organization and battlefield tactics, or through officers’ memoirs. Fighting for Napoleon:French Soldiers’ Letters, 1799–1815, based on more than sixteen hundred letters written by French soldiers of the Napoleonic armies, shares the perspectives and experiences of the lowest, ordinary ranks of the army who fought on the frontlines. Authors Bernard Wilkin and René Wilkin provide...
French and American Prisoners of War at Dartmoor Prison, 1805-1816
This book explores the history of Dartmoor War Prison (1805-16). This is not the well-known Victorian convict prison, but a less familiar penal institution, conceived and built nearly half a century earlier in the midst of the long-running wars against France, and destined, not for criminals, but for French and later American prisoners of war. During a period of six and a half years, more than 20,000 captives passed through its gates. Drawing on contemporary official records from Britain, France and the USA, and a wealth of prisoners’ letters, diaries and memoirs (many of them studied here in detail for the first time), this book examines how Dartmoor War Prison was conceived and designed; how it was administered both from London and on the ground; how the fate of its prisoners intertwined with the military and diplomatic history of the period; and finally how those prisoners interacted with each other, with their captors, and with the wider community. The history of the prison on the moor is one marked by high hopes and noble intentions, but also of neglect, hardship, disease and death
The Letter
Emma Rose was the rival of any man in wit, intellect, and courage. Those who gazed upon her face lost their breaths, being awestruck by her beauty. The only child of John Wilkin, the greatest sixteenth-century sword maker in all of Europe, Emma lived in Calais, then belonging to England. She was given a glorious life, but it was not hers alone to keep for fate claimed partial ownership. Two men vied for Emma's affections, disrupting the compass of history. One was Arthur Tudor, the Prince of Wales and the first-born son of Henry VII. He was heir to the English throne. Prince Arthur lived a life robbed of choices; "duty" suffocated his "desires." When he turned two, his father used his future...
Guerra y cuchillo
«Paz y capitulación» solicitó el general francés Verdier en agosto de 1808 cuando sitió a las tropas aragonesas en Zaragoza. «Guerra y cuchillo» fue la respuesta que recibió por parte de los defensores. La historia convirtió a la ciudad y su defensa en un mito y ejemplo de resistencia frente al emperador Napoleón Bonaparte. Una población sin murallas, sin ejército, sin posibilidades militares, que asombró a toda Europa haciendo frente a varios ejércitos napoleónicos entre 1808 y 1809. Daniel Aquillué, uno de los investigadores más destacados sobre los acontecimientos, presenta en esta obra fundamental nuevas visiones para recorrer y explorar junto al lector el levantamiento y revolución a través de la experiencia de civiles y combatientes, así como de archivos hasta ahora inéditos. Una obra llamada a convertirse en un referente fundamental no solo sobre las campañas llevadas a cabo en España, sino también en el contexto de la guerra total que Napoleón extendió por todo el continente.
Fighting for Napoleon
The French side of the Napoleonic Wars is rarely seen from the perspective of the lowest ranks of the army, and the experience of the ordinary soldiers is less well known and is often misunderstood. That is why this account, based on more than 1,600 letters written by French soldiers of the Napoleonic armies, is of such value. It adds to the existi
Funeste Albion
Printemps 2100. Le Royaume-Uni, emporté par les vents mauvais de l'histoire, n'existe plus. Il a été remplacé par la "Grande République Britannique", un régime pyramidal placé sous l'égide d'un "Protecteur". Ce dernier exerce le pouvoir d'une main de fer, menaçant quiconque ose se dresser contre lui. Mais en coulisse, la résistance s'organise autour d'un ancien professeur émérite de Cambridge. Parviendra-t-elle à renverser le nouvel ordre établi et à raviver les feux de la démocratie ?
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