The epic career of Napoleon was brought to a shattering end on the evening of June 18, 1815, when his hastily formed legions faced the Anglo-Allied armies under the command of the Duke of Wellington. It was the only time these men -- the two greatest captains of their age -- fou…
I think I could be a good woman, if I had five thousand a year, observes beautiful and clever Becky Sharp, one of the wickedest and most appealing women in all of literature. Becky is just one of the many fascinating figures that populate William Makepeace Thackeray 's wonderful…
I think I could be a good woman, if I had five thousand a year, observes beautiful and clever Becky Sharp, one of the wickedest -- and most appealing -- women in all of literature. Becky is just one of the many fascinating figures that populate William Makepeace Thackeray's nove…
I think I could be a good woman, if I had five thousand a year, observes beautiful and clever Becky Sharp, one of the wickedest and most appealing women in all of literature. Becky is just one of the many fascinating figures that populate William Makepeace Thackeray 's wonderful…
This classic story of two nineteenth-century social climbers is the basis for countless films and TV series, and one of the UK's "Best-Loved Novels." Before the Real Housewives, there were Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley. Ruthless and cunning, Becky may have been born in a lower c…
Published to coincide with the 190th anniversary of the battle, this reconstruction of the Battle of Waterloo narrates the story of this historic conflict between Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington, which changed the face of nineteenth-centuryEurope, from the point of…
To be published on the 190th anniversary of Waterloo, this chronicle meticulously recreates the conflict as it unfolded, from General Reille's early afternoon assault on the chateau of Hougoumont, to the desperate last charge of Napoleon's Imperial Guard as evening settled in.
