Napoleonic Fiction

Major Craven gathers unlikely allies, but will they be enough to stop Napoleon’s vast army? Napoleon marches across Europe once more, and all eyes are now on the Eastern states of Germany where a newly formed Coalition has united to resist his advances. With British forces still battling in Spain, Craven is sent along with the untested artillery of the Rocket Troop as a token gesture of British support for the Coalition armies. But can Craven keep these unlikely allies united? ‘Into the Unknown’ is the seventeenth novel in the ‘Craven’s War’ series, telling the exciting ...

Battle must be forced upon the enemy, but will they stand and fight? Spain is finally open to Wellington’s army, but the vast French force at Salamanca must be forced into battle before they can be re-enforced further. If they cannot, then Wellington’s army will have no choice but to withdraw back to Portugal once again. All hope lies in deception, and Major Craven is dispatched to destroy a vital bridge through which French communications and re-enforcements travel. The war in Spain in on a knife’s edge as both sides look for a decisive victory to determine whether the British can ...

A single battle will decide the future of Portugal. A lone French garrison holds out in Portugal at the fortress of Almeida. Marshal Messena has regrouped in Spain and now leads a reinvigorated army of fifty thousand troops to relieve the encircled French troops. Craven is tasked with disrupting enemy movements and resources to weaken their force to give Wellington’s army some hope as they march out to meet the larger French force, knowing if they cannot win the next battle the war will be lost. ‘Unbreakable’ is the eighth novel in the ‘Craven’s War’ series, telling the exciting...

Craven faces enemies on all sides. The villainous Timmerman has poisoned the army against Craven in a desperate attempt to bait his brother into another duel. Lisbon is no longer safe for Craven and his comrades. He is ordered to return to England to ease tensions and recruit for the Salford Rifles, But Craven soon discovers trouble has followed him all the way from Portugal and he must fight for his honour and his life. ‘A Matter of Honour’ is the tenth novel in the ‘Craven’s War’ series, telling the exciting adventure of one rogue’s journey through the Napoleonic Wars as he ...

As French armies throughout Spain march to combine into a terrifying force, will Wellington have enough soldiers to resist them? Madrid, the French seat of power in Spain, is now within reach. Wellington’s army marches for the capitol, but news of several French armies on the move is a great cause of concern. If the enemy armies to the North, South and East can combine, they will form a force twice as strong as Wellington’s. Craven must do everything in his power to stop the French from combining into a horde so destructive that it could drive Wellington all the way back into Portugal. ...

In the next book in the Treegate series on American History, the author takes readers to the Battle of Tippecanoe... While their uncle is in England trying to avert war, 18-year-old Manly Treegate and his 12-year-old brother, Peter, go to the Ohio frontier to prepare for war with the British-backed multi-tribal confederation led by a Native American Shawnee warrior named Tecumseh in what would become known as the Battle of Tippecanoe. Manly Treegate Frontiersman is the sixth in an eight-book series, which makes a great companion to study American History. THE TREEGATE BOOK SERIES: Book 1: ...

Accompanied by his friend, ship’s surgeon and spy Stephen Maturin, Captain Jack Aubrey has returned home to England and the life of a country gentleman. But their comfortable experience is cut short when Jack is made a pauper overnight. He flees to the continent, narrowly escaping debtor’s prison, only to find himself a hunted fugitive from Napoleon’s regime as, yet again, war looms.

In the heat of the French summer, young Englishman Stephen Wraysford travels to France and falls in love with his host's wife, Isabelle Azaire. When the world stops, their affair falters, and Stephen signs up. In a maze of tunnels under the trenches, Stephen finds the courage this war demands from the men in his command. And it is here that he will fight for everything he has ever known and loved.

Jean-Luc & Anna Lise is set in the turbulent years of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars and follows the lives of three childhood friends: Jean-Luc, Adrien, and Adrien’s sister, Anna Lise. Jean-Luc and Adrien join Napoleon’s army expecting grand adventure and glory. They do find courage and comradery, but they must also endure disease, intense suffering, and death. Complicating their lives is Jean-Luc’s growing love for Anna Lise, who has fled with her parents from France to Russia - the country they must now invade.

Napoleon inspires passionately held and often conflicting visions. Was he a godlike genius, a romantic avatar, a megalomaniac monster, a compulsive warmonger or just a nasty little dictator? Whilst he displayed elements of these traits at certain times, Napoleon was none of these things. He was a man and, as Adam Zamoyski presents him in this landmark biography, a rather ordinary one at that.

1810. In den Hügeln von Buçaco trifft das 50.000 Mann starke portugiesisch-britische Heer auf den Feind Frankreich. Mittendrin: Richard Sharpe. Die drohende Invasion Portugals ist allerdings nicht dessen einzige Sorge. Während die Schlacht von Buçaco ihren blutigen Lauf nimmt, zwingt ein portugiesischer Schurke Sharpe zu einem wahnwitzigen Duell - und nur der Sieger wird überleben.

Newly promoted to command of his first ship, Captain Jack Aubrey, along with his crew, and new friend and ship’s surgeon Stephen Maturin, must patrol a Mediterranean fraught with peril but rich with rewards. A glimpse of white sails on the horizon could mean a prize to be taken – or a fight for survival.

Im Winter 1811 scheint der Krieg verloren zu sein: Ganz Spanien wurde von Frankreich annektiert. Cádiz ist die letzte Stadt, die sich noch in spanisch-englischer Hand befindet. Doch die französischen Truppen ziehen den Belagerungsring immer enger. Auch Richard Sharpe hält sich in der belagerten Stadt auf - und sieht sich dort gleich mehreren Feinden gegenüber. Einer von ihnen ist ein skrupelloser Priester, dem jedes Mittel recht ist, um sein Ziel zu erreichen: die Auflösung der Allianz von Spanien und England.

What if the true impact of the Napoleonic Wars has been misunderstood? Immerse yourself in an era of colossal battles, revolutionary military strategies, and a world forever altered by Napoleon Bonaparte’s relentless ambition. The Napoleonic Wars offers you a front-row seat to a time when the fate of nations hung in the balance.

With his first historical high-seas adventure chronicling the exploits of Naval Commander Charles Edgemont, Jay Worrall sets sail in the rousing tradition of C.S. Forester and Patrick O’Brian.

In the winter of 1811, the war seems lost. All Spain has fallen to the French, except for Cadiz which is now the Spanish capital and is under siege. Wellington and his British army are in Portugal, waiting for spring to spark the war to life again. Richard Sharpe and his company are part of a small expeditionary force sent to break a bridge across the River Guadiana.

On half-pay and without a command, Captain Jack Aubrey is stranded at home in an over-crowded cottage with his large and frequently bad-tempered family. When Jack has almost given up hope of ever returning to sea, Stephen Maturin, ship's doctor, occasional intelligence agent, and Jack's closest friend, brings secret orders that Jack is to take a frigate to the Cape of Good Hope under a Commodore's pennant.

Noblewoman knight Jeanne de Fleur and her elite team sail the skies in their airship fighting for justice in this steampunk adventure. When a sinister puppet master orchestrates the French Revolution, the knights must face a shape-shifting murderer, a sadistic Austrian princess, treasonous turncoats, the archangel Michael, and a doomsday weapon in the heart of Paris. One thing's for sure--you won't find this story in the history books.

The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over 20 years. It also finished the career of the charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. It ensured the final liberation of Germany and the restoration of the old European monarchies, and it represented one of very few defeats for the glorious French army, most of whose soldiers remained devoted to their Emperor until the very end.

Überraschend kehrt Napoleon im Jahre 1815 aus dem Exil nach Frankreich zurück. Nun rüstet der geniale Feldherr seine Grande Armée für einen neuen Feldzug. Auch der einfache Soldat Josef Bertha gehört zu den mehr als einhunderttausend Franzosen, die für Kaiser und Vaterland durchs Feuer gehen sollen. Dabei sehnt sich Josef nicht nach Heldentaten des Krieges, er strebt nach einem friedvollen Leben mit seiner Catharina. Doch bald marschiert er in die entscheidende Schlacht bei Waterloo.