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  • Napoleon in 100 Objects

    by Gareth Glover ...
    "Takes a look at the life of Napoleon Bonaparte through using 100 objects . . . an entertaining method of presenting a biography." — Battles and Book ReviewsFor almost two decades, Napoleon Bonaparte was the most feared, and revered, man in Europe. At the height of his power, the land under his control stretched from the Baltic to the Mediterranean, and encompassed most of Western Europe.The story ... Read more

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  • Eyewitness to the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo

    The Letters and Journals of Lieutenant Colonel James Stanhope 1803 to 1825 Recording His Service with Sir John Moore, Sir Thomas Graham and the Duke of Wellington

    by Gareth Glover ...
    The journals of the Honourable James Stanhope are among the most remarkable eyewitness accounts of the Peninsular War and the Battle of Waterloo, and yet they have never been published before. The long fight against the French in Portugal and Spain, the campaign in Holland, then the Battle of Waterloo James Stanhope lived through all these extraordinary events and recorded them in vivid detail ... Read more

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  • A Scot at War with Wellington

    The Memoir of Captain James Stirling of the Black Watch

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Captain James Stirling's journals offer a firsthand account of the 42nd Regiment's actions during the Peninsular War. For such a famous regiment as the 42nd Regiment of Foot (The Black Watch), the number of published memoirs is surprisingly low. The discovery of the three hand-written journals in the collection of the National Library of Scotland covering the period from August 1808, when the ... Read more

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  • A Family’s Tragic Battle with Napoleon

    The Letters and Journals of the Frasers of Ballindoun and Unetts of Woodlands

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Captain John Grant Fraser of the Royal Artillery had succeeded to the titles of Ballindoun and Kinneries via the unexpected death of his elder brother James Fraser on 1 May 1791. John Grant died in 1798 and the title passed to his eldest son Baillie Fraser, their uncle Hugh acting as guardian until his coming of age.James Baillie Fraser joined the Army and rose to the rank of lieutenant in the 7th ... Read more

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  • Feeding Wellington's Army in the Peninsula

    The Journal of Assistant Commissary General Tupper Carey, Volume I

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Transcribed for the first time from Commissary General Tupper Carey's handwritten journals, this is the first of two volumes which cover the lively career of a Commissary who served throughout the Peninsular war and Waterloo campaign. Written with vivid detail, these journals offer a truly unique window into the life of a Commissary and the campaigns in which he served. Although a civilian and ... Read more

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  • A Scots Grey at Waterloo

    The Remarkable Story of Sergeant William Clarke

    by Gareth Glover ...
    William Clarke of Prestonpans, Scotland, joined the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons, the Scots Greys, in 1803. Clarke had risen to the rank of sergeant by the time the regiment was ordered to Belgium on the news that Napoleon had escaped from Elba. Forming part of what became known as the Union Brigade, the Scots Greys played a key role in Napoleons defeat at Waterloo.The John Rylands Library, ... Read more

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  • Feeding Wellington's Army from Burgos to Waterloo

    The Lively Journal of Assistant Commissary General Tupper Carey, Volume II

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Transcribed from Tupper Carey's journals, vividly details his experiences and observations as a Commissary General during the Peninsular War, Waterloo campaign, and post-war occupation in France. Transcribed for the first time from Commissary General Tupper Carey's handwritten journals, this is the second of two volumes which cover the lively career of a Commissary who served throughout the ... Read more

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  • Waterloo: The Defeat of Napoleon's Imperial Guard

    Henry Clinton, the 2nd Division and the End of a 200-year Old Controversy

    by Gareth Glover ...
    "This in-depth study of the nuts and bolts of a single division is without a doubt the best book I have ever read on Waterloo."— The Napoleon SeriesWinner of the 2017 Society for Army Historical Research Templer MedalThis is the most detailed account of the 2nd Division at Waterloo ever published. It is based on the papers of its commander Sir Henry Clinton, and it reveals for the first time the ... Read more

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  • The Men of Wellington's Light Division

    Unpublished Memoirs from the 43rd Light Infantry in the Peninsular War

    by Gareth Glover, Robert Burnham ...
    Some of the most famous memoirs of Britain's long war against Napoleon have come from the pens of members of Wellington's Light Division, but many wonderful accounts were never published and have sat in archives, libraries, museums, and private collections, forgotten for 200 years. The regiments of the Light Division, and its predecessor, the Light Brigade, were involved in almost every major ... Read more

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  • Wellington's Lieutenant Napoleon's Gaoler

    The Peninsula Letters & St Helena Diaries of Sir George Rideout Bingham

    by Gareth Glover ...
    The Author wrote numerous letters home from the campaigns that he fought with Wellington in the Peninsular when he was commanding his Regiment. He was therefore in a senior position and privy to secrets of the war. He is often caustic regarding his superiors including The Iron Duke himself. He packs his letters with interesting descriptions of the life and his surroundings.Once Waterloo was won ... Read more

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  • An Eloquent Soldier

    The Peninsular War Journals of Lieutenant Charles Crowe of the Inniskillings, 1812-14

    by Gareth Glover ...
    Lieutenant Charles Crowe's journal of the 27th Foot (Inniskillings) of the final campaign of Wellington's army is a rare work for many reasons. It is, perhaps surprisingly, the first memoir about this campaign from this famous regiment to be published.Crowe wrote a daily journal at the time, which practically guarantees the authenticity and accuracy of his account. But what makes it special is ... Read more

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  • Riflemen of Wellington's Light Division in the Peninsular War

    Unpublished or Rare Accounts from the 95th Rifles 1808-14

    by Gareth Glover, Robert Burnham ...
    No other regiment in Wellington's Peninsular army can compare with the 95th Rifles. Even before Bernard Cornwell's Sharpe novels and television series, the Rifles were the most famous of all the British Army's fighting formations. Unlike the red-coated regiments of the Line, the Riflemen were trained to act with a degree of independence, selecting their own targets in battle. As a result, a number ... Read more

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