Napoleon History

Ms Eaton was visiting the continent and touring the Netherlands when Napoleon brought the British and Prussians to battle near the town of Waterloo. Eaton was caught up in the rush of panicked civilians fleeing and the reinforcements surging forward. She provides a rare insight into the events around the battle itself.

This book looks over the greatest battle of human history, the fight between rationalism and the oppressive regimes society constantly imposes on free thinkers. From ancient Greece through to the early 1900s. The author thought that rationalism had won a victory, but the modern listener will feel a creeping dread as parallels with movements in today's society are revealed.

This gripping book weaves a tale of intrigue, ambition, and terror that will keep you on the edge of your seat. From the storming of the Bastille to the rise and fall of Napoleon Bonaparte, you'll find yourself immersed in a world where nothing is as it seems, and the line between hero and villain becomes increasingly blurred.

FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of Train Wreckers and Ghost Killers by Leo J. Daugherty III. During the Korean war from 1950 to 1953 the U.S. Marines fought shoulder to shoulder with the allied Marine forces of the United Kingdom and Korea. In this book the author examines the allied forces in detail, and the valuable contribution they made to the war effort.

When John Booth made his lethal attack on Abraham Lincoln, Charles Leale was the first doctor on the scene. He had been watching the play along with the president, and when the call for a doctor was made Dr Leale was there immediately. As an experienced military surgeon he was able to immediately put his skills to work in an attempt to save the President’s life. This book, as the title suggests, describes the final hours of the President’s life from the moment he was shot to the moment when he breathed his last, told by the attending physician. FNH Audio presents an unabridged reading of this moving account by Charles A. Leale MD.

FNH Audio presents the story of Fourth Massachusetts Cavalry, a regiment that was formed duing the American Civil War. It's officers were almost all experienced men and the rank and file was likewise seeded with experience.The unit served with distinction throughout its existance.The book comes in three sections. The first tells of the "Battle at High Bridge". The Fourth were dispatched to the bridge having been told the defences would be light or non existant.

FNH Audio presents a complete and unabridged audio book of a book published in 1917 at the height of the First World War. The author, Jeffery Farnol, is better known for his works of romantic fiction, but in this departure, Jeffery recites the events observations and anecdotes of his tour of Great Britain's war effort.

FNH audio presents an unabridged reading of the military memoir of Charles O'Neil. There have been many military memoirs from the Napoleonic wars, and most of them belonging to high ranking officers. This memoir differs in that it belong to the humblest of soldiers, a man from the ranks of a standard infantry regiment. Follow along as Charles relates how he joined the army, then ran away narrowly avoiding being flogged for desertion.

This book was issued to allied commanders towards the end of the WWII. The allied leadership was expecting a prolonged armed occupation of Germany with German patriots continuing the war by other means. The German high command made much of the “werewolf” units they would be seeding across the country to make any occupation a bloody affair. In this book commanders were offered advice based on the experiences of the occupying forces that had ruled over Europe during the war.

Richard Sharpe believes that his soldiering days are over, but his retirement is interrupted by a request from Donna Louisa Vivar for Sharpe to discover the truth about the disappearance of her husband, the Captain-General of Chile. Sharpe's quest takes him to St Helena and an encounter with Napoleon, and on to Chile where he soon finds himself caught up in the rebellion against Spanish rule and fighting alongside the flamboyant rebel admiral, Lord Thomas Cochrane.

Y en a marre ! Marre de ces équipes de la hargne, de la rogne et de la grogne contre Napoléon ! Le coup de gueule d'un historien en colère. Exaspéré par les polémiques qui surgissent à tout bout de champ sur Napoléon, relatives particulièrement à l'esclavage, au patriarcat, à sa dictature ou aux guerres que l'empereur a menées, Thierry Lentz y répond dans cet essai argumenté, au ton vif et personnel.

I, Napoleon is a one man theater play, written by David Serero, about Napoleon Bonaparte's life. Under the form of an autobiography, one of the greatest historical figures of all time, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) tells his story from his birth to his death, to the audience of 2020. Starring French actor David Serero as Napoleon Bonaparte. Performed in English language.

In 2003, for the first time since the Second World War, the UK took part in an opposed invasion and full-scale occupation of a sovereign state - Iraq. Cabinet decided on 17th March to join the US-led invasion of Iraq. That decision was ratified by Parliament the next day and implemented the night after that. In June 2009, Prime Minister Gordon Brown ordered an Inquiry to be conducted to identify lessons that could be learned from the Iraq conflict. This audiobook is an unabridged reading of that report's executive summary.

Joseph Anderson joined the army aged 15 eventually becoming an officer and rising to command the 50th Regiment as a Lt-Colonel. His fascinating military life involved him in many of the battles you may know the names of: Calibria, Maida, Catrone, Egypt, Alexandria, Talavera, Torres Vedras, Busaco, Coimbra, Fuentes D'Onoro, Punniar. His career took him to the Peninsular and Africa to fight the French, and later on to India to fight the rebels. Amongst his adventures, he's arrested, takes charge of a prison, and is shot through during a charge.

Napoléon Ier (1769-1821) est le premier empereur des Français, de 1804 à 1815. Napoléon Bonaparte est un militaire, général dans les armées de la Première République française, née de la Révolution, commandant en chef de l'armée d'Italie puis de l'armée d'Orient.

On August 27th, 1962, Mariner II launched into space and started its journey to Venus. For 109 days, it dropped away from Earth's orbit falling in toward Venus until on December 14, 1962, it finally made its sweep passed the hot planet. This book, written the next year by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, covers the mission's progress from inception through to its pass across the face of Venus, detailing all the fascinating technical issues and the lessons learned from the data returned by Mariner.

The 9th Kings was a territorial infantry battalion when the Great War (World War I) began. On the 4th of August 1914, a telegram containing one word arrived at their headquarters: "Mobilise!" This book follows the unit from mobilisation in 1914 through to the demobilisation in 1918 after the armistice. Along the way, they take part in all of the big battles, Somme, Arras, Ypres along with a near continuous series of skirmishes and patrols while in the front line.

Wovon hängt ab, was wir heute essen? Wer bestimmt, was morgen auf den Tisch kommt? Und woher stammen unsere Leibspeisen eigentlich? Tom Hillenbrand lädt zu einer rasanten Reise durch die kulinarische Geschichte der Welt ein – von den Lagerfeuern vor vielen Tausend Jahren über die Erfindung des Maises bis zum Hamburger der Zukunft. In diesem Essay zeigt er überraschende Zusammenhänge auf und schildert auf unterhaltsame und anregende Weise, was hinter den Gerichten steckt, die wir täglich essen.

What determines what we eat today? Who decides what ends up on our dinner tables tomorrow? And what are the real origins of our favorite foods? Tom Hillenbrand takes readers on a fast-paced journey through the culinary history of the world—from the campfires of many thousands of years ago to the invention of corn to the hamburgers of the future. Filled with astonishing insights and surprising connections, Hillenbrand's essay is a highly entertaining and thought-provoking portrayal of what lies behind the food we consume every day.

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