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Books > History > European history > 1750 to 1900
Originally published in 1804 and aimed at the volunteer regiments
of the Napoleonic Era, when engagements with swords were still a
reality of warfare, The Art of Defence was written for civilians
wanting to learn to fence with the sabre, broad-sword or spadroon.
The growing interest in Historical European Martial Arts (HEMA) has
led to a world-wide increase in clubs and societies, and this text
is aimed at these new students. The content is presented in a
highly-structured way and in easily accessible language. Although
primarily aimed at the novice, the text contains a number of more
advanced techniques, from which more experienced fencers can
benefit. This newly transcribed edition puts the complete, original
text into a modern typesetting to make it easily accessible during
lessons, but is otherwise left unchanged. To ensure the
transcription will remain as compatible with other sources that
refer to specific parts of the text as the original edition, all
content has remained on the same page. All the plates, including
the foldouts, have been photographed and digitally enhanced in
order to reproduce them in as much detail as possible.
What became of representations of the Battle of Waterloo evoked by
a plethora of texts (history books, memoirs, novels, poetry,
theater) for two hundred years? " La Chose de Waterloo " strives to
understand the mechanisms of this phenomenon. " La Chose de
Waterloo " veut comprendre ce qu'est devenue la celebre bataille au
fur et a mesure de ses multiples evocations (livres d'histoire,
Memoires, roman, poesie, theatre) qui en precisent et en brouillent
le souvenir tout a la fois.
In 1847, seventeen-year-old Miss Ellen Palmer had the world at her
feet. A debutante at the start of her first London season, Ellen
was beautiful, rich and accomplished and about to experience the
world of dances, opera visits and dinner parties which were a
rite-of-passage for young women of her class. To record the
glittering whirl of activity, Ellen started writing a diary, a
unique daily account which was discovered over a century later by
her descendants. For Ellen, the path to true love did not run
smooth - after a scandalous encounter with a duplicitous Swedish
count, her marriage prospects were dealt a heavy blow. But Ellen
was a woman ahead of her time. Undeterred by her increasing social
isolation, she set off on a treacherous trip across Europe in
pursuit of her beloved brother Roger, an officer in the Crimean
War. In doing so she became one of the first women to visit the
battlefield at Balaclava. Ellen's diaries provide a first-hand
account of the realities of debutante life in Victorian London
whilst also telling the story of an inspirational young woman, her
quest for love and her spectacular journey from the ballroom to the
battlefield.
This, the fourth volume in Andrew Field's highly praised study of
the Waterloo campaign from the French perspective, depicts in vivid
detail the often neglected final phase the rout and retreat of
Napoleon's army. The text is based exclusively on French eyewitness
accounts which give an inside view of the immediate aftermath of
the battle and carry the story through to the army's disbandment in
late 1815\. Many French officers and soldiers wrote more about the
retreat than they did about the catastrophe of Waterloo itself.
Their recollections give a fascinating insight to the psyche of the
French soldier. They also provide a first-hand record of their
experiences and the range of their reactions, from those who
deserted the colours and made their way home, to those who
continued to serve faithfully when all was lost. Napoleon s own
flight from Waterloo is an essential part of the narrative, but the
main emphasis is on the fate of the beaten French army as it was
experienced by eyewitnesses who lived through the last days of the
campaign.
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