It is often forgotten that Britain's struggle against Napoleon ranged across the continents, and the extensive operations of the Royal Navy and the British Army in the Mediterranean was a key battleground in this prolonged war of attrition. Even when Napoleon considered himself the master of Europe, he was unable to control the Mediterranean. Lieutenant John Hildebrand arrived in the Mediterranean as part of the garrison of Malta in 1810. He was then involved in the defense of the island of Sicily; the campaign to capture the Ionian Islands; the siege of Ragusa, and the Occupation of Corfu....

Graphic history of the struggle for the Mediterranean during the Napoleonic Wars

The Scurrilous Journal of Paymaster John Harley 47th Foot 17981838. c 10 maps 16 ills

Rare memoir rediscovered and published for the first time

A previously unpublished first-hand account describing the Scots Greys at Waterloo.

Graphic account of the two major battles fought at Copenhagen during the Napoleonic Wars based on previously unpublished first-hand accounts from the British and Danish sides.

The letters written by George Ulrich Barlow to his father George Hilario Barlow, Governor of Madras, whilst serving with Wellington's army in the Peninsula and at Waterloo.

A unique collection of 100 items associated with Napoleon that explore a great variety of the events that influenced him, to try to dispassionately identify the truth behind the events, showing not only the Frenchman's designs, but also the reactions of

Radical reassessment of the history of the Waterloo campaign. Dispels the myths and misunderstandings associated with the battle.