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[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed getting to learn about other nurses around the time of Florence Nightingale. The research was everything that I was looking for and enjoyed how everything that I wanted about this. Louise Wyatt has a strong writing style and was glad I got to read this.
NetGalley, Kathryn McLeer
[b]Rating[/b]: 5 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed getting to learn about other nurses around the time of Florence Nightingale. The research was everything that I was looking for and enjoyed how everything that I wanted about this. Louise Wyatt has a strong writing style and was glad I got to read this.
NetGalley, Kathryn McLeer
This is not just another book about the Battle of Waterloo: the author, a Senior Lecturer in History and War Studies at York St John University, presents a detailed analysis of the attack of Comte D’Erlon’s I Corps, described as ‘one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy’ in the Duke of Wellington’s Waterloo Dispatch, that has - until now - not had a single book entirely devoted to it, unlike the defence of Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte, or the final attack by the French Imperial Guard. Even Captain William Siborne’s model has been the subject of two books! In Chapter 1, Openings, the author explains that his focus will require analysis of the build-up of the two opposing armies and of their movements in the campaign before the battle, because ‘assessing the formation of the army, the previous service of the troops, and how they were equipped, nourished, and led, is vital to judging the cohesion, character, and confidence of the men who marched into battle.’ This.. Read more
Miniature Wargames
This is not just another book about the Battle of Waterloo: the author, a Senior Lecturer in History and War Studies at York St John University, presents a detailed analysis of the attack of Comte D’Erlon’s I Corps, described as ‘one of the most serious attacks made by the enemy’ in the Duke of Wellington’s Waterloo Dispatch, that has - until now - not had a single book entirely devoted to it, unlike the defence of Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte, or the final attack by the French Imperial Guard. Even Captain William Siborne’s model has been the subject of two books! In Chapter 1, Openings, the author explains that his focus will require analysis of the build-up of the two opposing armies and of their movements in the campaign before the battle, because ‘assessing the formation of the army, the previous service of the troops, and how they were equipped, nourished, and led, is vital to judging the cohesion, character, and confidence of the men who marched into battle.’ This.. Read more
Miniature Wargames
Louis Davout is often overlooked in discussions of Napoleon’s marshals. Perhaps not as quintessentially dashing as Murat or as suicidally daring as Ney, Davout was nevertheless a loyal, and above all, successful marshal who is deserving of this new, and very detailed analysis. Martin Sullivan has produced a valuable piece of work in this book, which is part biography, part historical narrative, and part leadership analysis. The work uses the campaign of 1809 and the key battle of Wagram as a vehicle to demonstrate the personal competency of Davout as a field commander, along with key lessons of senior leadership, which might be equally applied to business and management in the modern world, as much as to a Napoleonic battlefield. The narrative is clear, logical, and well-paced, and the explanation of this complex campaign is aided enormously by two useful tactics. Firstly, the author has included, at regular intervals, the correspondence written and shared by the key figures with their.. Read more
Andrew Johnson, University of Bolton Manchester, October 2024
Louis Davout is often overlooked in discussions of Napoleon’s marshals. Perhaps not as quintessentially dashing as Murat or as suicidally daring as Ney, Davout was nevertheless a loyal, and above all, successful marshal who is deserving of this new, and very detailed analysis. Martin Sullivan has produced a valuable piece of work in this book, which is part biography, part historical narrative, and part leadership analysis. The work uses the campaign of 1809 and the key battle of Wagram as a vehicle to demonstrate the personal competency of Davout as a field commander, along with key lessons of senior leadership, which might be equally applied to business and management in the modern world, as much as to a Napoleonic battlefield. The narrative is clear, logical, and well-paced, and the explanation of this complex campaign is aided enormously by two useful tactics. Firstly, the author has included, at regular intervals, the correspondence written and shared by the key figures with their.. Read more
Andrew Johnson, University of Bolton Manchester, October 2024
“Iconoclastic, documented, candid, compelling, informed and informative… a very worthwhile and recommended addition to the growing body of World War II histories and biographies. ...is strongly commended for personal, community, and college/university library World II collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.”
Read the full review [link=https://www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/sep_24.htm#clinttravis]here.[/link]
Midwest Book Review
“Iconoclastic, documented, candid, compelling, informed and informative… a very worthwhile and recommended addition to the growing body of World War II histories and biographies. ...is strongly commended for personal, community, and college/university library World II collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.”
Read the full review [link=https://www.midwestbookreview.com/rbw/sep_24.htm#clinttravis]here.[/link]
Midwest Book Review
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The Sinking of RMS Tayleur
'The moment they fell into the water the waves caught them and dashed them violently against the rocks, and the survivors on shore could perceive the unfortunate creatures...struggling amidst the waves, and one by one sinking under them.' (Hereford Times, 28 January 1854) The wrecking of the RMS Tayleur made headlines nearly 60 years before the Titanic.… Read more...
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Russian Eyewitness Accounts of the Campaign of 1814
Russia played a decisive role in the Napoleonic wars and the success in the struggle against France allowed Russian leaders to profoundly influence the course of European history. Over the last 200 years, the Napoleonic era has been discussed and analysed in numerous studies, but many fail to fully portray the Russian side of events due to the relative… Read more...
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Wellington's Worst Scrape
The disastrous retreat and near disintegration of Sir John Moore's army on the road to Corunna in 1809 is traditionally regarded as the low point in the history of the British intervention in the Peninsular War. Yet under the Duke of Wellington the British and their allies suffered defeats and retreats that tend to be overshadowed by the series of… Read more...
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The Wedding Feast War
The last of the nine Frontier Wars fought between 1799–1877 was in many ways a 'prequel' to the more famous Zulu War of 1879, featuring as it did many of the British regiments and personalities who were to fight at Isandlwana, as well as being the final defeat of the Xhosa people and their reduction to lowly workers for the colonists. This war saw… Read more...
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Napoleonic Lives
Two hundred years ago the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars convulsed the whole of Europe. These were key events in the history of the continent, and for Britain, and they are a fascinating field for historical – and family history – research. More records than ever are available on the men who served in the British army during the wars – and… Read more...
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Wellington's Highland Warriors
'Stuart Reid tells a great tale, deeply researched and full of fascinating characters.' Tim Newark, author of Highlander Wellington's Highland Warriors covers the early history of the British Army's highland regiments, from the raising of the Black Watch in 1739 to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Stuart Reid provides an entertaining and thoroughly… Read more...
“There are moments in the past of many a man’s career that stand out clear and defined after the lapse of even many years: life pictures, the very memory of which brings back a glorious thrill of pride and pleasure. This is the feeling which vibrates through me still, when I recall that last and closing scene that crowned the hard-fought fight… Read more...
On the 25th October 1415 Henry Vs small and dispirited Anglo/Welsh Army destroyed a vast French Army at Azincourt. This programme looks at not just this iconic battle immortalised by Shakespeare and many other authors but the campaign that led up to this final great English victory of the 100 Years War when the Yeoman of England reigned supreme on… Read more...
Military histories of the struggle against the French armies of the Revolution and Napoleon often focus on the exploits of elite units and famous individuals, ignoring the essential contribution made by the ordinary soldiers - the bulk of the British army. Carole Divall, in this graphic and painstakingly researched account, tells the story of one such… Read more...
Edgehill: The Battle Reinterpreted (Second Edition)
This paperback edition of this seminal new study of a key battle of the Civil Wars re-examines one of England's most mysterious battlefields at Edgehill, and it combines the work of three outstanding military historians. Each is an expert in the areas of battlefield interpretation, military equipment and organization, and battle casualties and care.… Read more...
Edgehill: The Battle Reinterpreted (Second Edition)
This paperback edition of this seminal new study of a key battle of the Civil Wars re-examines one of England's most mysterious battlefields at Edgehill, and it combines the work of three outstanding military historians. Each is an expert in the areas of battlefield interpretation, military equipment and organization, and battle casualties and care.… Read more...