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Napoleonic Wars

	Napoleon's Wars: An International History, 1803-1815 (Allen Lane History) by Charles Esdaile Buy used from: £9.50 A page turning account of the military ups and downs of a flawed genius
	The Battle: A New History of the Battle of Waterloo by Alessandro Barbero Buy new: £7.64 / Used from: £3.88 a Comprehensive account of the battle ,covering all the armies and details
	The War of Wars: The Great European Conflict, 1793-1815 by Robert Harvey Buy new: £7.65 / Used from: £3.43 An ambitious account ,well worth the read ,covers everything
	Wellington and Napoleon: Clash of Arms (Pen & Sword Military Classics) by Robin Neillands Buy new: £7.19 / Used from: £0.01 A Gem, So well written.
	The Year of Liberty: History of the Great Irish Rebellion of 1798 by Thomas Pakenham Buy new: £12.99 / Used from: £0.01 A prequel really,strictly speaking a sideshow but a very balanced and human account of the Irish rebellion inspired by revolutionary France, and an account of their "Invasion" of Ireland
	The Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Arthur Conan Doyle Buy new: £5.47 / Used from: £2.00 Conan Doyle's Character mixes Pathos with humour,A great "Boys own read" as well as a rip roaring introduction to the Napoleonic wars
	1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski Buy new: £7.69 / Used from: £2.93 A harrowing account of Napoleon and his men's tragic retreat from Russia
	Napoleon and His Marshals (Lost Treasures) by A.G. Macdonell Buy new: £6.48 / Used from: £3.74 A view of the men from ordinary backgrounds who came to be masters of Europe's battlefields,written with humour ,and touched with poignancy
	Marching with Wellington: With the Enniskillings Through the Peninsula to Waterloo by Martin Cassidy Buy new: £16.96 / Used from: £12.00 Mostly extracts from an officers diary,informative,sometimes tedious,but when the author describes the regiments stand at Waterloo it is worth the read.
	Adventures with the Connaught Rangers, 1809-1814 by William Grattan Buy new: £10.49 / Used from: £8.64 Grattan is a fine writer, he describes the horror of war with compassion and humour,if there is a better first hand account of Napoleonic warfare,let me know.
	The March of the Twenty-six (Pen & Sword Military Classics) by R.F. Delderfield Buy new: £7.99 / Used from: £2.75 I thought MacDonells book couldn't be better until I read this,so good I Didn't want it to end,Inspiring,some of the Marshals exploits moved me to tears.They don't make men like this anymore.
	The First Total War: Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Modern Warfare by David A. Bell Buy new: £9.99 / Used from: £1.49 Not an analysis of Napoleons campaigns,but a look at the cultural and social events leading up to and through the revolutionary and Napoleonic wars,with well balanced argument
	Seven Men of Gascony (Military Fiction Classics) by Ronald Frederick Delderfield Buy new: £16.95 / Used from: £5.83 A novel of camaraderie,a cross between the magnificent seven,Sharpe and The Shawshank Redemption.
	Napoleon's Marshals by David Chandler Buy used from: £10.49 More scholarly than than MacDonnells and Delderfields studies,but none the worse for that,each chapter is devoted to one Marshal and written by a different historian.
	Napoleon's Cavalry and Its Leaders by David Johnson Buy new: £10.24 / Used from: £5.39 Entertaining and well written,charts the exploits of the French cavalry from the revolutionary wars to the battle of Waterloo.
	100 Days: Napoleon's Road to Waterloo by Alan Schom Buy used from: £0.01 An Interesting account of Napoleons return from Elba right up to Waterloo.All the major players are here,and although Schom seems to respect Napoleons genius he doesn't shy away from criticizing him.