Thought this might be a good idea. You post up a book you're thinking about reading or a subject you want to learn about it. People then post back if they've read the book or can recommend any books. Simple.
Have you read it? / What can I read?
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OK I'll kick it off. Has anyone any idea on an authoritative book on the French navy in the Napoleonic wars? I'm finding heaps of British- and I've got some books in that regard- but I'm having a bit of difficulty with the French side of things.
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Not Navy per se, but it maybe a good starting point for your search.
http://www.historyofwar.org/bookshop/books_napoleon.html
This is as close as I could get...
http://www.historyofwar.org/bookshop/books_napoleon.html
http://naval.histofig.com/French-Sail-of-the-Line-in-the.html
http://www.thedearsurprise.com/the-french-navy-during-the-napoleonic-era/
http://www.thedearsurprise.com/the-french-navy-during-the-napoleonic-era/
There must be a work or two on it, but I'm not having any luck with it. Good luck.
- Chartrand, René (2000) [First Published 1996]. Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Army. London: Brassey's Military Books. ISBN 978-1574883060.
- Blond, Georges (1995) [First published 1979]. La Grande Armée. Translated by Marshall May. London: Arms & Armour Press. ISBN 978-1854092526.
- Elting, John R. (1988). Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armée. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. ISBN 978-0297795902.
- Griffith, Paddy (2007). French Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792–1815. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1846032783.
- Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1995) [First published 1988]. Napoleon's Military Machine. Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount. ISBN 978-1873376461.
- Smith, Digby (2000). Napoleon's Regiments. London: Greenhill Books. ISBN 978-1853674136.
http://www.historyofwar.org/bookshop/books_napoleon.html
This is as close as I could get...
http://www.historyofwar.org/bookshop/books_napoleon.html
http://naval.histofig.com/French-Sail-of-the-Line-in-the.html
http://www.thedearsurprise.com/the-french-navy-during-the-napoleonic-era/
http://www.thedearsurprise.com/the-french-navy-during-the-napoleonic-era/
There must be a work or two on it, but I'm not having any luck with it. Good luck.
I'd like that twice if I could! Thanks Pardus. That last link has a link itself to a Chinese page on Napoleon too so that should help my language learning.
I ended up buying this book also:
http://www.amazon.com/1812-Navys-Ge...UTF8&qid=1419039438&sr=8-1&keywords=1812+navy
Reviews for it are very good. A common critisism is that the author takes a "BRITISH EEEEEVIL" approach but I can ignore that.
http://www.amazon.com/1812-Navys-Ge...UTF8&qid=1419039438&sr=8-1&keywords=1812+navy
Reviews for it are very good. A common critisism is that the author takes a "BRITISH EEEEEVIL" approach but I can ignore that.
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Sounds very interesting indeed!
Has anyone read Lions of Kandahar? I saw a couple posts on the this site about people going to pick it up, but I never saw a review of it.
pardus
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It's very good. Read it.
Excellent book!! It's well polished and still tells a great story about our nation's Warriors taking the fight to the enemy.
My signature line came from that book.
Awesome! I will put it on my buy list. I saw that there was a movie based off the book. Is it any good?
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