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Born to French refugees on the run, Joseph Maffre comes of age in the cultural milieu of England during the Napoleonic Wars. From drummer boy, he rises to Master of the Band of the 19th and, subsequently, the 71st regiments. This biography follows Joseph Maffre as he surmounts the challenges of a musical career in this tumultuous era and establishes himself as the leading musician in 1840's Montreal.

A biography of Baron Mihajlo Mikasinovic, a general of Serbian origin in the Austrian Army, provides an insight into the context of the mid-eighteenth century lives of Serbs on the Military Frontier ("Vojna Krajina") of Austro-Hungary and the many-sided aspects of their struggle. The key dimension of this struggle is found in the role of ethnic Serb officers in the military organization and campaigns of this part of the Austro-Hungarian empire. -Branko Mikasinovich **** Those who review books, and those who write them, know - or hope in their core - that books can change lives, change entire...