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Napoleonic and French Revolutionary Wars

Between 1796 and 1815 one of history's most outstanding military minds waged war across Europe: Napoleon Bonaparte.
About: Napoleon Bonaparte
This shorter biography of Napoleon (a full length one requires several volumes!) also links to articles on the Emperor's parents, siblings and other relations.
Books on the Napoleonic Wars
This page indexes onsite bibliographic information about the Napoleonic Wars.
The Napoleonic Guide
A comprehensive resource including both historical – biographies, maps, essays etc. - and cultural – books, films, products – material on the Napoleonic Wars, which suffers slightly from grey on grey links in the central sections. Don't let the absence of swish design fool you, this is a quality resource.
The Napoleonic Wars – Documents and Discussion
An excellent site by the War Times Journal, here you can find translated selections of letters and reports by the major personalities, as well as articles on the conflict.

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