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Type: documentary

Status: to read

Authors: Mark Lloyd Mike Codd Michael Codd

Tags: history american historical war horse musket

2005-10-31

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Type: documentary

Status: to read

Author: G.J. Marcus

Tags: history war military naval napoleonic nelson

2005-10-31

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Tags: action history historical adventure military literature naval napoleonic horse musket sharpe

Description: The invasion of France is under way, and the British Navy has called upon the services of MajorThe invasion of France is under way, and the British Navy has called upon the services of Major Richard Sharpe. He and a small force of Riflemen are to capture a fortress and secure a landing on the French coast. It is to be one of the most dangerous msissions of Sharpe's career....

2005-10-31

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Tags: action history historical adventure military literature horse musket sharpe

Description: Blurb: "It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the inexperienced and incompetentBlurb: "It is 1815. Sharpe is serving on the personal staff of the inexperienced and incompetent Young Frong, William, Prince of Orange, who has been given command of a large proportion of the Allied force. More concerned with cutting a dash at a grand society ball in Brussels, the Young Frog refuses to listen to Sharpe's scouting reports of an enormous army marching towards them with the lately returned Napoleon at its head."...

2005-10-31

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Type: educational

Status: to read

Author: William Doyle

Tags: history napoleonic

Description: The Oxford History of the French Revolution draws on a generation of unprecedented researchThe Oxford History of the French Revolution draws on a generation of unprecedented research and scholarl debate to reappraise the greatest of all revolutions, and its impact on France and Europe...

2005-10-31

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Type: fiction

Status: favorite

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Tags: history historical adventure military napoleonic horse musket

Description: Blurb: "It is 1807 and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, recently returned to England, is offeredBlurb: "It is 1807 and Lieutenant Richard Sharpe, recently returned to England, is offered a new job: go to Copenhagen, help the Honourable John Lavisser deliver a bribe, and so stop a war. It seems very easy."...

2005-10-31