Napoleonic Wars Historical Fiction

This is one soldier's story of Napoleon's fateful invasion of Egypt and Syria. In this book, Lieutenant Philippe Fourier and his fellow officers storm Alexandria and defeat the combined armies of the Mameluke Beys in the Battle of the Pyramids. But rather than submit to the French, the Mamelukes retreat into the desert and begin waging a vicious insurgency supported by the British and the Ottomans. As the French pursue them, marching deeper into the remote deserts and mountains of Egypt and Syria, their goal turns from victory to survival.

At the beginning of the 19th century, British global military power oppressed, outgunned and eventually invaded the young United States of America during the War of 1812. How did America prevail against such odds? With ships, guns and the fierce desire for freedom that lived in the hearts of American sailors. Many of these men were not even Americans yet. Some came from Ireland, including Jack Gallagher. “Gallagher's Prize” begins in southern Ireland when English law breaks up an Irish Catholic family's farmland and a young man longs for the sea. During his many adventures, Jack visits ...

The day has come to face Napoleon in open battle to decide the fate of all of Europe. When Major Craven learns of a spy who may have information which can reveal Napoleon’s plans, he sets out on a dangerous path into enemy territory to retrieve it at any cost. The Coalition armies now gather to march against Napoleon to fight a battle of such vast scale the likes of which Europe has never seen before. Can Major Craven turn the tide in a battle of half a million soldiers? ‘Battle of the Nations’ is the eighteenth novel in the ‘Craven’s War’ series, telling the exciting adventure ...

Battle must be forced upon the enemy, but will they stand and fight? Spain is finally open to Wellington’s army, but the vast French force at Salamanca must be forced into battle before they can be re-enforced further. If they cannot, then Wellington’s army will have no choice but to withdraw back to Portugal once again. All hope lies in deception, and Major Craven is dispatched to destroy a vital bridge through which French communications and re-enforcements travel. The war in Spain in on a knife’s edge as both sides look for a decisive victory to determine whether the British can ...

French armies combine to create an overwhelming force. An astonishing and daring breakout at Almeida plunges Craven into battle and is set to humiliate Wellington’s war efforts. The situation worsens as the fighting moves south to the siege of Badajoz, French armies attempt to combine their forces to create an army so powerful it threatens to crush the Anglo Portuguese army once and for all. All hope lies in stopping the vast French force at the Portuguese border. ‘Standoff is the ninth novel in the ‘Craven’s War’ series, telling the exciting adventure of one rogue’s journey ...

Major Craven gathers unlikely allies, but will they be enough to stop Napoleon’s vast army? Napoleon marches across Europe once more, and all eyes are now on the Eastern states of Germany where a newly formed Coalition has united to resist his advances. With British forces still battling in Spain, Craven is sent along with the untested artillery of the Rocket Troop as a token gesture of British support for the Coalition armies. But can Craven keep these unlikely allies united? ‘Into the Unknown’ is the seventeenth novel in the ‘Craven’s War’ series, telling the exciting ...

As Napoleon turns his attentions back to Spain, a desperate race against time is all that can stop him. The Battle of the Nations is won, and Napoleon has suffered his greatest defeat. Delivering this news to London is now of the utmost importance, and when Craven volunteers to help deliver it, he embarks on a dangerous and daring race against time. Meanwhile, Captain Paget assumes command of the Salford Rifles to return to Spain and help Wellington drive the French back in to France. The timing and success of both is of the absolute highest importance, for the threat of Napoleon rallying ...

The adventures of the mischievous young midshipman Percival Keene begin when he learns that the demanding Captain Delmar, a member of the wealthy and titled De Versely family, is actually his natural father. Stung by his father's refusal to acknowledge him, Keene sets about to win his father's love and acceptance and gain the family fortune. To do so, Keene survives shipwreck and capture by murderous pirates, fights duels of honor with his fellow officers, and battles against the French.

The mighty fortress of Badajoz must be overcome or the war will be lost. Craven and the entirety of Wellington’s army know what is coming next. They must march on the great fortress of Badajoz, the final key to a breakout from Portugal and the beginning of a campaign in Spain. But time is running out. If the French armies in Spain can unite and hold Badajoz then the British efforts in Portugal and Spain will be over. It is the final chance for Craven and the Peninsula army to advance into Spain, for failure will mean retreating home in defeat. ‘The Final Chance is the twelfth novel in ...

The Napoleonic Wars saw fighting on an unprecedented scale in Europe and the Americas. It took the wealth of the British Empire, combined with the might of the continental armies, almost two decades to bring down one of the world's greatest military leaders and the empire that he had created. Napoleon's ultimate defeat was to determine the history of Europe for almost 100 years. From the frozen wastelands of Russia, through the brutal fighting in the Peninsula to the blood-soaked battlefield of Waterloo, this book tells the story of the dramatic rise and fall of the Napoleonic Empire.

Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy's genius is clearly seen in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle, all of them fully realized and equally memorable.

War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it examines the relationship between the individual and the relentless march of history. Here are the universal themes of love and hate, ambition and despair, youth and age, expressed with a swirling vitality which makes the book as accessible today as it was when it was first published in 1869.

Winter is coming, but there is time for one last strike! Wellington’s army has gained a foothold in Southern France, but the Spanish soldiers among the allied army now seek revenge upon the local population in the most brutal and violent manner, which could endanger the entire war effort. If the locals rise up against Wellington’s army as the Spanish did against Napoleon’s forces it could spell disaster. Wellington has no choice but to send most of the Spanish army back home, but as Major Craven and the British and Portuguese army march on, will they have enough soldiers to overcome ...

The French Revolution of the late 1790s was one of the critical events in the history of Europe. It was the defining moment—a historic landslide that ushered the world into a completely new different epoch. Alas, all such changes come at a great cost. In the wake of the revolution, a series of large scale conflicts ensued, which are collectively known as the Napoleonic Wars. Their magnitude, their ferocity, and the loss of lives they caused were unprecedented up to that time.

With his first historical high-seas adventure chronicling the exploits of Naval Commander Charles Edgemont, Jay Worrall sets sail in the rousing tradition of C.S. Forester and Patrick O'Brian.

Napoleon Bonaparte lived one of the most extraordinary of all human lives. In the space of just 20 years, from October 1795, when as a young artillery captain he cleared the streets of Paris of insurrectionists, to his final defeat at the (horribly mismanaged) battle of Waterloo in June 1815, Napoleon transformed France and Europe. After seizing power in a coup d'état, he ended the corruption and incompetence into which the revolution had descended.

War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it examines the relationship between the individual and the relentless march of history. Here are the universal themes of love and hate, ambition and despair, youth and age, expressed with a swirling vitality which makes the book as accessible today as it was when it was first published in 1869.

In the wake of a humbling incident aboard a canal boat in the Cotswolds, young Captain Horatio Hornblower arrives in London to take command of the Atropos, a 22-gun sloop barely large enough to require a captain. Her first assignment under Hornblower's command is as flagship for the funeral procession of Lord Nelson.

Lieutenant-Colonel Sharpe is a man with a reputation. Born in the gutter, raised a foundling, he joined the army 21 years ago, and it’s been his home ever since. He’s a loose cannon, but his unconventional methods make him a valuable weapon. So when, the dust still settling after the Battle of Waterloo, the duke of Wellington needs a favour, he turns to Sharpe.

1812. On the eve of the invasion of Russia, half-French, half-English Matthieu Carrey finds himself in the ranks of Napoleon's five hundred thousand strong army. With Tsar Alexander seemingly ill-prepared, a French victory seems certain. The Grande Armée will obliterate everything in its path. Carrey's purpose is less clear. Blackmailed into becoming a spy in the emperor's army, he hopes to follow his lover, a French actress who has gone to work in the Moscow theatre. Food and fodder grow scarce.