Napoleon Bonaparte entered the World stage in 1793 at the siege of Toulon. This book covers the period of 1796 to 1815 from Napoleons classic victories in Italy up to the point of his defeat at Waterloo. Napoleon created twenty-six Marshals in all & the tapestry of the book is wound around these men their inter-personal relationships their successes together their constant bickering & their eventual failure. With Marshal jostling with Marshal for power & influence; to say nothing of aggrandisement it is surprising that Napoleon succeeded to the extent that he did. The book tells the complete story of the Napoleonic Wars but using the Marshals as the pivot around which the narrative unfolds it presents a different & interesting focus enabling the reader to see Napoleon from an unusual angle. The book proceeds chronologically providing a first-class read & a superb account of the Napoleonic Wars. This new edition is illustrated with contemporary portraits & engravings. Although A. G. Macdonell was best known as a journalist & satirist he was extremely well-educated & had a passion for history especially the Napoleonic period. Having been a gunnery officer in the First World War he was able empathise with his subject the little gunner corporal to a degree that is not shared by armchair historians. ...

Napoleon Xylophone hates his name; thats why his friends call him Zam. He doesnt know it yet but he is set to become a hero
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Dressed in distinctive green uniforms & classically inspired copper helmets the Dragoons of the Imperial Guard were raised in 1806 by the same criteria as other Guard units
- by selection of picked literate veterans from Line regiments who had six to ten years of service & citations for bravery in at least two campaigns. The following year they were named Dragons de l Imperatrice in a unique compliment to the Empress Josephine. As a ceremonial regiment it enjoyed many privileges but it also saw combat on a number of occasions including the battles of Essling & Wagram (1809) the Russian campaign (1812 when it suffered severe losses) at Bautzen Wachau & Leipzig (1813) in the 1814 Campaign of France & at Ligny & Waterloo (1815). The unparalleled documentary & pictorial sources to which Ronald Pawly has access inform this the latest volume in his unique English-language coverage of the cavalry of Napoleons Imperial Guard. It

Includes:: a history of the units organisation & service uniforms & equipment drawn from the original manuscript correspondence of Napoleon & his senior officers orders & inspection reports which survive in the Paris archives to this day. Interspersed with material on the records of particular individuals
- their promotions wounds & deaths in action
- & illustrated with uniform prints photographs of portraits & colour plates covering all ranks & orders of dress this is the definitive history of a legendary Napoleonic regiment.




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A ground-breaking study from the renowned author Digby Smith highlighting a part of the Peninsular War that has received scant attention This is a ground-breaking study from the renowned author Digby Smith highlighting a part of the Peninsular War that has received scant attention
- the German units who fought in Napoleons army. The book is a detailed study of their campaign service fascinating because it concentrates on small engagements & skirmishes (great for wargamers!). The book is enhanced by original colour maps uniform & flag details & in particular 16 absolutely superb colour plates by Bob Marrion.
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Ever since the 15th century Switzerland had been exporting professional soldiers to serve as mercenaries for foreign monarchies. Napoleon therefore was not the first to make full use of the martial qualities of the Swiss & obtained Swiss agreement to expand the recruitment of regiments for service in the French Army. Napoleon would use Swiss troops on the battlefields of Italy & Spain & in 1812 re-organize the four original regiments into a single division for the invasion of Russia with each regiment having three full-strength battalions. In all theatres where they were engaged Swiss contingents would often be relied upon to act as rearguards so other forces caught in a tight situation could escape. Time & again they would be asked to save the day for the French soldiers with whom they fought in Italy & Spain & most famously for Napoleon himself in Russia. In November of 1812 meeting up with Napoleons main force retreating from Moscow at the Berezina River the Swiss on the west bank guarded the approaches to the pontoon bridges from the Russian attack to the south. 1 200 Swiss out of Approx. 8 000 that entered Russia were left to face along with 8 000 men from other units the 30 000-strong Russian army. The Swiss held their ground & when their ammunition ran out they charged the Russians with bayonets. This book reveals the proud combat history of the Swiss troops of Napoleons army as well as the colourful uniforms they wore. ...

An Anita Blake Vampire Hunter novel Something in the look on my face must have frightened him because his eyes widened & I saw something like human fear cross his reptilian face. Im Anita Blake & I kill monsters. The last thing I want to think about though when I get home after a night out is work. But someone has abducted a wereleopard from the Narcissus in Chains club. Its a dark world out there with shapeshifter crime & were-creature struggles. I may not have seen Jean-Claude the Vampire Master of the City for six months but I need his help now whatever the consequences. Someone is targeting the lycanthropes & we have to save them. ...

' War' is no exaggeration in discussing the bloodshed that has terrorized Mexico in the past decades. As rival cartels battle for control of a billion-dollar drug trade the body count- 23 000 dead in five years
- & sheer horror beggar the imagination of journalistic witnesses. Cartel gunmen have shot up schools & rehabilitation centers & murdered the entire families of those who defy them. Reformers & law enforcement officials have been gunned down within hours of taking office. Headless corpses are dumped on streets to intimidate rivals & severed heads are rolled onto dancefloors as messages to would-be opponents. & the war is creeping northward. El Narco is the story of the ultraviolent criminal organizations that have turned huge areas of Mexico into a combat zone. It is a piercing portrait of a drug trade that turns ordinary men into mass murderers as well as a diagnosis of what drives the cartels & what gives them such power. Veteran Mexico correspondent Ioan Grillo traces the gangs from their origins as smugglers to their present status as criminal empires. The narco cartels are a threat to the Mexican government & their violence has now reached as far as North Carolina. El Narco is required reading for anyone concerned about one of the most important news stories of the decade.
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Wait now light me up so we do this right yes hold me steady to the lamp hold it hold good a slow pull to start with to draw the smoke low into the lungs yes oh my... Shuklaji Street in Old Bombay. In Rashids opium room the air is thick with voices & ghosts: Hindu Muslim Christian. A young woman holds a long-stemmed pipe over a flame her hair falling across her eyes. Men sprawl & mutter in the gloom. Here they say you introduce only your worst enemy to opium. There is an underworld whisper of a new terror: the Pathar Maar the stone killer whose victims are the nameless invisible poor. In the broken city there are too many to count. Stretching across three decades with an interlude in Maos China it portrays a city in collision with itself. With a cast of pimps pushers poets gangsters & eunuchs it is a journey into a sprawling underworld written in electric & utterly original prose. ...

Wait now light me up so we do this right yes hold me steady to the lamp hold it hold good a slow pull to start with to draw the smoke low into the lungs yes oh my... Shuklaji Street in Old Bombay. In Rashids opium room the air is thick with voices & ghosts: Hindu Muslim & Christian. A young woman holds a long-stemmed pipe over a flame her hair falling across her eyes. Men sprawl & mutter in the gloom. Here they say you introduce only your worst enemy to opium. There is an underworld whisper of a new terror: the Pathar Maar the stone killer whose victims are the nameless invisible poor. In the broken city there are too many to count. Stretching across three decades with an interlude in Maos China it portrays a city in collision with itself. With a cast of pimps pushers poets gangsters & eunuchs it is a journey into a sprawling underworld written in electric & utterly original prose. ...

In the perilous Black Ocean lurks Narga the Sea Monster. As well as preying on the rebels fighting evil wizard Malvel Narga is holding one of the good Beasts of Avantia captive. Can Tom set the good Beast free or will it remain trapped in the Dark Realm for ever? Don't miss: TORGOR THE MINOTAUR
- SKOR THE WINGED STALLION
- KAYMON THE GORGON HOUND
- TUSK THE MIGHTY MAMMOTH
- STING THE SCORPION MAN



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