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Pub. Date
2007.
Description
"In February 1793 France declared war on Britain, and for the next twenty-two years the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars raged. This was to be the longest, cruelest war ever fought at sea, comparable in scale only with the Second World War. New naval tactics were brought to bear, along with such unheard-of weapons as rockets, torpedoes, and submarines. The war on land saw the rise of the greatest soldier the world had ever known - Napoleon Buonaparte...
Author
Series
Survivors' Club septet volume 5
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
When Ralph Stockwood convinced his friends to fight in the Napoleonic Wars, he never envisioned being the sole survivor. Racked with guilt, Ralph must move on and find a wife so as to secure an heir to his family's title and fortune. Since her Seasons in London ended in disaster, Chloe Muirhead is resigned to spinsterhood. She takes refuge at the home of her mother's godmother, where she meets Ralph. He needs a wife. She wants a husband. So Chloe...
Author
Series
Temeraire volume 3
Pub. Date
[2006]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 20
Description
After their fateful adventure in China, Capt. Will Laurence of His Majesty's Aerial Corps and his extraordinary dragon, Temeraire, are waylaid by a mysterious envoy bearing urgent new orders from Britain. Three valuable dragon eggs have been purchased from the Ottoman Empire, and Laurence and Temeraire must detour to Istanbul to escort the precious cargo back to England. Time is of the essence if the eggs are to be borne home before hatching.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Part forensic investigation, part dramatic jailbreak adventure, Mark Braude's The Invisible Emperor is a gripping narrative history of Napoleon Bonaparte's ten-month exile on the Mediterranean island of Elba In the spring of 1814, Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated. Having overseen an empire spanning half the European continent and governed the lives of some eighty million people, he suddenly found himself exiled to Elba, less than a hundred square...
129) Napoleon Bonaparte
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Pub. Date
c1997
Description
This lively, brilliantly written one-volume biography captures the spectacular rise and dizzying fall, the battlefield victories and personal struggles, of one of history's most powerful and fascinating figures. Filling a remarkable gap, historian Alan Schom offers the most complete picture ever of Napoleon Bonaparte, "the scourge of Europe" and France's greatest hero.
131) Imperial scandal
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Series
Pub. Date
2012
Description
When her husband, Intelligence Agent Malcolm Rannoch, is sent on a perilous mission in the wake of Napoleon's escape from Elba, Suzanne must help him expose a killer as they are both forced to play a deadly game of murder, espionage and betrayal.
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