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1) History of the war in the Peninsula and in the south of France: from the year 1807 to the year 1814
Author
Publisher
Frederick Warne and Co
Pub. Date
s.d
Physical Desc
6 volumes : ill., maps ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Deals with the Peninsular War, a military conflict between the First French Empire and allied powers of the Spanish Empire, the United Kingdom of Great Britain, Ireland and Portugal, for control of the Iberian Peninsula during the Napoleonic Wars.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleons invasion of Russia, "War and Peace" is often considered the greatest novel ever written.
Set in Russia during the Napoleonic era, this epic novel follows the fortunes of five aristocratic Russian families over the course of the French invasion. Tolstoy's timeless portrayal of the fates of families set against the backdrop of war is ultimately optimistic and life-affirming, with the educated, but socially...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday, Page & company
Pub. Date
1925
Physical Desc
4 p. l., 274 p., 1 l. 22 1/2 cm.
Language
English
Description
Conrad's last novel set in Genoa in early 1815. This is the story of Cosmo Latham, an Englishman and veteran of the late war against Napoleon, looking to see what he was unable to see earlier and perhaps even get a glimpse of the Emperor himself. But when he finds a girl from his youth, he finds that his emotions can get the better of him.
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