Author: Richard Hopton
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1781599564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This military history reveals the untold story of a British general’s dramatic victory against Napoleon in Southern Italy. In The Battle of Maida, 1806, historian Richard Hopton has uncovered a significant yet long-overlooked defeat of Napoleon’s forces by General Sir John Stuart at Maida in 1806. For many years the only hint that there had been a triumph there was the residential area of North West London that derives its name from the battle. Now Stuart corrects this oversight with this rousing and authoritative account. Following the battles of UIm and Austerlitz, Napoleon’s reputation for military genius was becoming a morale problem for his opponents. But the Allied victory at Maida offered significant proof that the Grande Arméewas not invincible. In this enlightening history, Hopton brilliantly describes the cast of colorful yet highly improbable characters whom fate and circumstances brought together. Arguably pride of place must go to Ferdinand II, Ruler of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, whose eccentricity was only exceeded by his abject incompetence.
The Battle of Maida, 1806
Author: Richard Hopton
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1781599564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This military history reveals the untold story of a British general’s dramatic victory against Napoleon in Southern Italy. In The Battle of Maida, 1806, historian Richard Hopton has uncovered a significant yet long-overlooked defeat of Napoleon’s forces by General Sir John Stuart at Maida in 1806. For many years the only hint that there had been a triumph there was the residential area of North West London that derives its name from the battle. Now Stuart corrects this oversight with this rousing and authoritative account. Following the battles of UIm and Austerlitz, Napoleon’s reputation for military genius was becoming a morale problem for his opponents. But the Allied victory at Maida offered significant proof that the Grande Arméewas not invincible. In this enlightening history, Hopton brilliantly describes the cast of colorful yet highly improbable characters whom fate and circumstances brought together. Arguably pride of place must go to Ferdinand II, Ruler of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, whose eccentricity was only exceeded by his abject incompetence.
Publisher: Pen and Sword
ISBN: 1781599564
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 311
Book Description
This military history reveals the untold story of a British general’s dramatic victory against Napoleon in Southern Italy. In The Battle of Maida, 1806, historian Richard Hopton has uncovered a significant yet long-overlooked defeat of Napoleon’s forces by General Sir John Stuart at Maida in 1806. For many years the only hint that there had been a triumph there was the residential area of North West London that derives its name from the battle. Now Stuart corrects this oversight with this rousing and authoritative account. Following the battles of UIm and Austerlitz, Napoleon’s reputation for military genius was becoming a morale problem for his opponents. But the Allied victory at Maida offered significant proof that the Grande Arméewas not invincible. In this enlightening history, Hopton brilliantly describes the cast of colorful yet highly improbable characters whom fate and circumstances brought together. Arguably pride of place must go to Ferdinand II, Ruler of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, whose eccentricity was only exceeded by his abject incompetence.
Napoleon's Italian Campaigns
Author: Frederick C. Schneid
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A groundbreaking study of a badly neglected aspect of Napoleonic history, his significant campaigns in Italy.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A groundbreaking study of a badly neglected aspect of Napoleonic history, his significant campaigns in Italy.
The Waterloo Roll Call
Author: Charles Dalton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
The Battles of the British Army
Author: Robert Melvin Blackwood
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Different popularly written narratives of the principal battles fought by British soldiers in the 19th century are included in this work. These accounts are in chronological order, presenting a well-structured military history of England. The writer covered all the engagements from the Battle of Alexandria (1801) to the Battle at Hot Springs (1904).
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Different popularly written narratives of the principal battles fought by British soldiers in the 19th century are included in this work. These accounts are in chronological order, presenting a well-structured military history of England. The writer covered all the engagements from the Battle of Alexandria (1801) to the Battle at Hot Springs (1904).
From the accession of George the First to the Battle of Waterloo
Author: Henry Duff Traill
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 968
Book Description
Hart's Annual Army List, Special Reserve List, and Territorial Force List
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 576
Book Description
The new army list, by H.G. Hart [afterw.] Hart's army list. [Quarterly]
Author: Henry George Hart
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 982
Book Description
The New annual army list, by H.G. Hart [afterw.] Hart's annual army list
Author: Henry George Hart
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
The Napoleonic Wars
Author: Alexander Mikaberidze
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199951063
Category : Geopolitics
Languages : en
Pages : 977
Book Description
The first truly global history of the Napoleonic Wars, arguably the first world war.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199951063
Category : Geopolitics
Languages : en
Pages : 977
Book Description
The first truly global history of the Napoleonic Wars, arguably the first world war.
Unto the Sons
Author: Gay Talese
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307765415
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
"An Italian ROOTS." —The Washington Post Book World At long last, Gay Talese, one of America's greatest living authors, employs his prodigious storytelling gifts to tell the saga of his own family's emigration to America from Italy in the years preceding World War II. Ultimately it is the story of all immigrant families and the hope and sacrifice that took them from the familiarity of the old world into the mysteries and challenges of the new.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0307765415
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
"An Italian ROOTS." —The Washington Post Book World At long last, Gay Talese, one of America's greatest living authors, employs his prodigious storytelling gifts to tell the saga of his own family's emigration to America from Italy in the years preceding World War II. Ultimately it is the story of all immigrant families and the hope and sacrifice that took them from the familiarity of the old world into the mysteries and challenges of the new.