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Memoirs, journals, letters, and other first hand accounts of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from soldiers and officers on all sides of the conflicts
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A Horseman for the Emperor: A Cavalryman of Napoleon's Army on Campaign Throughout the Napoleonic Wars
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Fighting for Napoleon: French soldiers' letters, 1799-1815
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My Memoirs
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Captain Blaze: Life in Napoleon's Army
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At Napoleon's Side in Russia: The Classic Eyewitness Account
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Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne, 1812-13
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The Memoirs of Count Rapp
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Chasseur Barres: The Experiences of a French Infantryman of the Imperial Guard at Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Friedland, in the Peninsula, Lutzen, Bautzen, Zinnwald and Hanua During the Napoleonic Wars
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The Exploits of Baron de Marbot
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In the Legions of Napoleon: The Memoirs of a Polish Officer in Spain and Russia, 1808-1813
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The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
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Note-Books of Captain Coignet: Soldier of the Empire, 1799-1816
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Polish Eyewitnesses to Napoleon's 1812 Campaign: Advance and Retreat in Russia
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War of Lost Hope: Polish Accounts of the Napoleonic Expedition to Saint Domingue, 1801 to 1804
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The Ordeal of Captain Roeder: From the Diary of an Officer in the First Battalion of Hessian Lifeguards During the Moscow Campaign of 1812-13
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A Soldier for Napoleon: The Campaigns of Lieutenant Franz Joseph Hausmann: 7th Bavarian Infantry
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Letters From Flushing: Containing an Account of the Expedition to Walcheren, Beveland, and the Mouth of the Scheldt, Under the Command of the Earl of Chatham
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Memoirs Of Baron Von Muffling: A Prussian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars (Napoleonic Library Book 31)
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Memoirs of a French Napoleonic Officer: Jean-Baptiste Barres, Chasseur of the Imperial Guard
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Sergeant Bourgogne - with Napoleon's Imperial Guard in the Russian campaign and on the retreat from Moscow 1812 - 13
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With Napoleon's Guard in Russia
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The Campaigns of 1812 in Russia: A Prussian Officer's Account From the Russian Imperial Headquarters
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With Napoleon's Guns: The Military Memoirs Of An Officer Of The First Empire
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In Napoleon's Shadow: The Memoirs of Louis-Joseph Marchand, Valet and Friend of the Emperor, 1811–1821
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Charging Against Napoleon: Diaries and Letters of Three Hussars 1808-1815
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Campaigning for Napoleon: The Diary of a Napoleonic Cavalry Officer (1806 -1813)
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Fighting Napoleon's Empire: The Campaigns of a British Infantryman in Italy, Egypt, the Peninsular and the West Indies During the Napoleonic Wars
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The Nile Campaign: Nelson and Napoleon in Egypt
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Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne: 1812-1813
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1812 Eyewitness accounts of Napoleon's defeat in Russia
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Memoirs of General de Caulaincourt - The Retreat From Moscow
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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia
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1812: Napoleon's Russian Campaign
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Napoleon's Russian Campaign: The Invasion, Battles and Retreat by an Aide-de-camp on the Emperor's Staff
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Narrative of Events during the Invasion of Russia by Napoleon Bonaparte and the Retreat of the French Army, 1812
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The Cavalry Maiden: Journals of a Russian Officer in the Napoleonic Wars (Indiana-Michigan Series in Russian and East European Studies)
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Passages From my Life; Together With Memoirs of the Campaign of 1813 and 1814
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Friedrich Karl Ferdinand Müffling (Creator)
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No Peace With Napoleon
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With Napoleon in Russia
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Human Voices From the Russian Campaign of 1812
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Souvenirs d'un grenadier de la Garde
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With Napoleon In Russia
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Napoleon's Army in Russia: The Illustrated Memoirs of Albrecht Adam, 1812
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Mémoires Du Général Bigarré, Aide De Camp Du Roi Joseph
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Journaux Des Siéges Faits Ou Soutenus Par Les Français Dans La Péninsule, De 1807 À 1814: Rédigés, D'après Les Ordres Du Gouvernement, Sur Les ... Des Fortifications, Volume 2
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MEMOIRS OF A POLISH LANCER: The Pamietniki of Dezydery Chlapowski
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Colonel De Gonneville
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The Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot. Vol. I
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Louis-François Lejeune (Translator)
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The Memoirs of Baron Lejeune, Aide-de-Camp to Marshals Berthier, Davout and Oudinot. Vol. II
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Louis-François Lejeune (Translator)
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Mémoires du Maréchal Suchet, duc d'Albufera, sur ses campagnes en Espagne, depuis 1808 jusqu'en 1814; Tome 1
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Louis-Gabriel Suchet (Creator)
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1812 THROUGH FIRE AND ICE WITH NAPOLEON: A French Officer's Memoir of the Campaign in Russia
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Waterloo Letters (Napoleonic Library, 25)
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H.T. Siborne (Editor)
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From Corunna to Waterloo: The Letters and Journals of Two Napoleonic Hussars, 1801-1816
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Gareth Glover (Editor)
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With Wellington's Outposts: The Peninsular and Waterloo Letters of John Vandeleur
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The Waterloo Letters: A Selection from Paul's Letters to his Kinsfolk
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A History of Malta During the Period of the French and British Occupations, 1798-1815
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Napoleon's Invasion of Russia: Invasion & Retreat, 1812
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The Memoirs of Baron de Marbot - late Lieutenant General in the French Army. Vol. I
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The Memoirs of Baron de Marbot - late Lieutenant General in the French Army. Vol. II
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Jean-Baptiste de Marbot (Contributor)
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Passage de La Beresina26-27-28- Et 29th Novembre 1812
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Death Before Glory: The British Soldier in the West Indies in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793 -1815
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