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Who Was Who in the Napoleonic Wars
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WHO WAS WHO IN THE NAPOLEONIC WARS by Philip J Haythornthwaite, (Arms and Armour Press, 1998), 25, 351 pages
Philip Haythomthwaite is a respected Napoleonic historian with a string of books on the subject to his credit and this, his latest book, is a valuable edition to the Napoleonic debate. It is also extremely useful for anyone trying to get a wider perspective of a twenty year long European war that ended with a complete realignment of European politics leading to both the Pax Britannica and the eventual unification of Germany.
The book consists of an ambitious alphabetical listing of ...
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