napoleonic wars, 1800-1815

Reissue of Edmonds's translation of the nineteenth-century epic novel "War and Peace," which provides a chronicle of Russian family life during and after the Napoleonic Wars.

Describes the life, achievements, rise to power, and influences of the military leader who crowned himself Emperor of the French and established dominance over Europe.

Follows Napoleon Bonaparte from his origins as a lowly soldier to his rise to military power and his conquest of Europe.

Discusses what the diplomats intended to achieve in Vienna, explores the consequences of the congress system that came about, and examines the congress' legacy on international mediation and relations.

For Capt. Will Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire, put out to pasture in Australia, it seems their part in the war has come to an end just when they are needed most. Newly allied with the powerful African empire of the Tswana, the French have occupied Spain and brought revolution and bloodshed to Brazil, threatening Britain's last desperate hope to defeat Napoleon. So the British government dispatches Arthur Hammond from China to enlist Laurence and Temeraire to negotiate a peace with the angry Tswana, who have besieged the Portuguese royal family in Rio--and as bait, Hammond offers to reinstate Laurence to his former rank and seniority as a captain in the Aerial Corps. Laurence and Temeraire--joined by the egotistical fire-breather Iskierka and the still-growing Kulingile, who has already surpassed Temeraire in size--embark for Brazil, only to meet with a string of unmitigated disasters that leave the dragons and their human friends forced to make an unexpected landing in the hostile territory of the Inca empire, where they face new unanticipated dangers.

Captain Will Laurence and his dragon, Temeraire, are waylaid by a mysterious envoy bearing urgent orders for Britain that send them to the Ottoman Empire, where they must escort three valuable dragon eggs back to England.

In a dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, Stephan Talty tells the story of a mighty ruler and a tiny microbe, antagonists whose struggle would shape the modern world. --from publisher descriptioin.

Addresses the twenty-five year Age of Napoelon, which went far beyond his death, from 1795 to 1820, and the non-military influences he and his successors had on France in terms of administration and civil reforms.

Seventeen-year-old Agnes Wilkins is about to make her debut into 1815 London society at a lavish party, where she meets Lord Showalter, a wealthy and eligible man who collects Egyptian antiquities and who is hiding a dangerous secret.

Captain Will Laurence of HMS "Reliant" unexpectedly becomes the master and commander of a noble dragon named Temeraire and together the due engages in battle against Napoleon Bonaparte's invading forces.