Napoleonic Literature
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Art, Autographs and Literature |
- The Chronicle of the Drum (A faithfully reproduced electronic version of an epic Napoleonic poem published by Charles Scribners Sons in 1882, complete with numerous illustrations.)
- Daniel Duldig Military Prints

- Gaslight's Napoleonic Era Literature (Electronic fiction and non-fiction. This is a sister-site of Literature on the Age of Napoleon, listed below.)
- Les Éditions le Vouivre
(In French - a seller of documents and maps.)
- The Galerie d'Autographes Jean-Emmanuel Raux
(Original manuscripts & autographs, archives, rare documents, treaties, and uncommon letters concerning NAPOLEON. His correspondence exchange with his family, his relatives, his entourage, his field marshalls, his generals, his dignitaries, the foreign sovereigns and the greatest events in his life.)
- Hillsdale College - Documents in Military History
- Literature on the Age of Napoleon (Electronic fiction and non-fiction, to include an exhaustive bibliography of Napoleonic titles. This is a sister-site of Gaslight's Napoleonic Era Literature, listed above.)
- Paintings of Napoleon and Selected Marshals
- Uniformology
- University Archives
Associations and Societies |
- The Napoleonic Association of the Netherlands and Belgium
(The Association's main aim is to promote the Napoleontic era in the Netherlands and Belgium (1795-1815), by re-enacting military events from that period.)
- The Napoleonic Society
- The Napoleonic Society of America
- The Portsmouth Napoleonic Society

- La Société Napoléonienne

- Bosley's Military Auctioneers

- Christie's
- Sotheby's
- Napoleonic Literature - New Books
- First Empire (A bi-monthly magazine for the Napoleonic enthusiast.)
- The Gareth Glover Collection
(Many volumes of original archive material relating to the wars of Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington, 1793-1815, including the battle of Waterloo.)
- Greenhill Books

- Joslin Hall Rare Books (Curious and interesting books of the 16th-20th centuries. In addition to Napoleonic works, Joslin Hall offers a complete selection of just about any other subject that has been written about during the past five centuries.)
- The Library of Congress (LOC) Search Engine (Search the databases of the Library of Congress and hundreds of colleges, universities and other large libraries.)
- Military Miniatures Magazine
- The Nafziger Collection (Numerous orders of battle (OBs) and military history books written by this well-known Napoleonic scholar and author are for sale here. George F. Nafziger is among of the world's leading living Napoleonic scholars.)
- Napoleon and His Times (Rare and out-of-print books. Histories, memoires and biographies, campaign studies, regimentals, Peninsular War, St. Helena, search service and appraisals.)
- Atlas of Napoleonic Maps (This is presented by the United States Military Academy, West Point. The maps presented here appear to come from Esposito's and Elting's "History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars," to which color has been added in varying degrees. For those of you interested in strategic and tactical military maps of other periods, there are numerous to choose from.)
- Bravé(Dedicated to the French navy and its allies during the Revolution, the Republic and the First Empire.)
- Centennia (Download a working model version of the Centennia software. These are complete copies of the software limited in time to a 28-year period ranging from 1792 to 1819. This was a period of dramatic change in Europe, covering the entire Napoleonic period.)
- Ciudad Rodrigo
(In Spanish, this site concerns the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and the Peninsular War in general.)
- The Clausewitz Homepage (Even though he's been dead for over a century-and-a-half, the Prussian military theorist Carl von Clausewitz remains the most important, the most frequently cited, and the most controversial of the major military theorists. This website is intended as a central source for information, articles, and arguments about the man and his ideas. It is designed to accomodate not only scholarly researchers on Clausewitz but also students in professional military education (PME) institutions and other venturesome websurfers.)
- The Cowards at Waterloo
(The Dutch-Belgians have been character-assassinated by many historians. Wellington placed them in the most exposed position on the battlefield, where they were certain to be slaughtered by the French artillery, infantry and cavalry. Although they withstood the punishment of the French arms as long as was humanly possible, they have been branded as cowards in history. These are the same Dutch-Belgians who also fought bravely two days before, at Quatre Bras, to keep the French from taking that vital crossroads, and to save Wellington's bacon. This Web site sets the record straight.
- The Discriminating General (Reproduces rare printed source material regarding the Napoleonic period, specializing in printed material of Germanic origin. Also covers the War of the Austrian Succession, the Seven Years War, the American Revolution, Britain's Colonial Wars, and the Crimean War.)
- 1812: Napoleon's March to Russia (Walk through the March step by step, look at Napoleon's most private photos, look at candid shots of the March to Moscow, visit other sites on related subjects, take a look at the Tufte Map.)
- E-Hawk(E-Academy: The World Wide Web's top educational resources for historians. E-Library: An ever-growing collection of book reviews and primary, secondary and reference marterials unique to E-HAWK. Recreation: Everything from quizes, trivia, role playing, chess, and more. Take a break and recreate. Web Resources: The most comprehensive collection of history links in an easy to use format.)
- European Conquest of Egypt (1798-1802)

- European Military Uniforms of the Early Nineteenth Century
- The Evolution of Napoleonic Uniforms
(An illustrated History)
- General Loison
(A French site in French, German and English.)
- Guerra de la Indepencia Española 1808-1814 (The Peninsular War - in Spanish only.)
- Historie et Figurines
(A French site in French only with a wealth of information -- if you read French.)
- Institute of Napoleon and the French Revolution
- Italy Under Napoleon

- King's German Legion @nLine
(The only site on the internet dealing exclusively with the King's German Legion, King's German Legion @nLine presents a complete wrap-up of the KGL to include it's structure, it's history, and it's living history through re-enactment organizations.)
- Kutuzov Versus Napoleon at Borodino
- La Pagina en Castellano de Napoleon Bonaparte
(In Spanish.)
- La Maison de l'Empereur
(Detailing the French Empire with orders of battle, chronology, art, articles, the maxims of war, and wargaming the Napoleonic period.)
- Leaders of the Napoleonic Wars (Biographies of the leaders of the French, English, Russian, Prussian and Austrian armies.)
- Line of Battle
(The Royal Navy against Napoleon, in German.)
- The Marshall Vauban Website (A pre-Napoleonic website.)
- Napoléon
(In French and English.)
- Napoléon Bonaparte Empereur des Français
(In French.)
- Napoleonic-Officers.net(Biographies of French generals and marshals of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars (1792-1815)).
- Napoleon Portal
(In German.)
- Napoleonic Titles and Heraldry
- The Napoleonic Wars (An introduction to the major armies and battles of the Napoleonic Wars.)
- The Norwegian Optical Telegraph from 1808-14
(In Norwegian and English.)
- The Road to Rivoli: Napoleon's First Campaign

- Line of Battle
(The Royal Navy against Napoleon, in German.)
- The Russian and Prussian Armies of the Napoleonic Wars
- Russian Generals of the Napoleonic Wars

- The 13th at Waterloo
- Tuttostoria
(This is an Italian history site, in Italian.)
- The War Times Journal (A massive resource for all periods of history. It's Napoleonic content is very impressive.)
- Waterloo - A Close Run Thing (A scenario for the Decisive Battles Game System by Stephen Hand.)
- Waterloo 1815
(In German.)
- WATERLOO ON NET
(The official Belgian Waterloo website, in French, English, Dutch and German.)
- Die Zinnfigur
(Reproduces rare printed source material regarding the Napoleonic period. It specializes in printed material of Germanic origin. German and English.)
- The French Army Museum - Hôtel national des Invalides

- Risør Museum

- National Army Museum

- Royal Museum of the Army and Military History

Reenactment Organizations & Insurance |
- Bervale Meade (Tailor-made insurance for battle re-enactment and historical displays.)
- Brigade Napoléon(An American re-enactment organization.)
- 1st Battalion, 73rd Regiment of Foot

- 46-eme Regiment D'Infanterie de Ligne (A Russian re-enactment group - the site is in Russian and English.)
- Feldkorps Geschichte und Darstellung

- Forum Aspern 1809
(An Austrian-based reenactment group - the site is in German.)
- The Franco-British Napoleonic Brigade

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- Napoleon's 30eme Regiment d'Ligne

- 40th Foot, Second Somersetshire Regiment

- 42nd Highlanders, The Blackwatch

- King's German Legion

- The King's Regiment of Foot
- Napoleonische Gesellschaft

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(This is an German-based Napoleonic period reenactment association that accepts members from any European nation. As of the date of the posting of this link, there are more than 300 members. Currently, the membership includes people from the follwoing countries (in alphabetical order, and does not indicate the percentage of membership from that country): Austria, Belgium, Germany, France and Italy. They are all reenactors of the Napoleonic Era.)
The following organizations are within and "subordinate" to Napoleonische Gesellschaft:
- Schlesische Landwehr 1813 e.V.
(Another German reenactment organization. A German language website.)
- 2nd (Queen's Royal) Regiment of foot
(Recreating the early Peninsular War (1809) British Line Infantry, based in the southeast of England.)
- 5th Regiment Cuirassiers, 2d Squadron
(Presented in Italian, French and English.)
- 21e Regiment d'Infantry de Ligne
(Presented in Dutch, French and English)
- 23rd Foot Royal Welch Fusiliers

- 93rd Sutherland Highland Regiment of Foot (A living history-reenactment organization headquartered in the U.S. It is a contingent of The Highland Brigade, a world-wide "non-association of associated units portraying Highland regiments of the British Army during the Napoleonic era.")
- 95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot

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- 2nd Battalion

- 3rd Battalion (3rd Battalion, 95th (Rifles) Regiment of Foot (North America).)
Military Heritage Articles and Reproductions |
- The Discriminating General
- Parade Dress
- Robin's Edged Weapons & Militaria

- Art.I.G.
(In English.) Historical Miniatures and Toy Soldiers for Collectors. Manufacturer of high quality 54mm toy soldiers and historical miniatures for collectors. Wide range of Napoleonic figures.
- Effigie
(In French and English.)
- Hand-Painted Napoleonic Military Miniatures
(A vast selection of miniatures in 6mm, 15mm and 25mm scales from the finest manufacturers in the business such as AB, BATTALION, BATTLE HONORS, FALCON, HEROICS & ROS, HINCHCLIFFE, THE FOUNDRY, OLD GLORY, MINIFIGS and TRUE NORTH... and we are still expanding our ranges and will soon be including ESSEX MINIATURES 15mm & 25mm and CHARIOT MINIATURES in 15mm and ADLER 6mm; pre-cut and custom cut bases in a variety of materials, shapes and sizes by RENAISSACE INK, BILL'S BASES and THE OUTPOST; an assortment of Acrylic FLOCKING GELS to add realism and texture to your figures' bases; a vast selection of pre-printed colour Napoleonic flags and standards by FOREMOST FLAGS, WARFLAGS and NAPFLAGS available in 6mm, 15mm and 25mm scales -- and special order flags; more!
- HäT Industrie (Sounds German but is located on the west coast of the U.S.)
- Historical Miniature Manufacturers
- James Finn - Miniatures (The world of zinnfiguren - the original German style toy soldier.)
- J. S. Dietz Toy Soldiers
- Military Miniatures Magazine
- Napoleonic Flat (Tin) Figures - Zinnfiguren
(In German and English.)
- Napoleonic Naval Miniatures for Wargaming and Model Building (Specializes in small scale model ship building and terrain. This page is designed for the small scale wargamer/modeler who builds naval/merchant ships in scales between 1/300th to 1/2400, focusing on 1/300th and 1/1200th scale ships.)
- Napoleonic Wargaming With Military Miniatures
- The Old Toy Soldier Home (Featuring the finest in Britains (old & new), Mignot, Alymer, AQM, Ducal, Trophy, Department 56 accessories, and many more.)
- The Ontario Model Soldier Society

- The Painted Soldier
(Wargame and display figure painting service. All scales from 15mm-120mm, custom chess sets, custom siege equipment also avaliable. Competitive pricing. Contact for informaton.)
- Painting Napoleonic Ships (Covers the following topics: mounting, creating waves, painting fighting top armings, the flags, painting masts, painting national ship colors, painting bulwarks and guns, rigging, Santissima Trinidad; and using magnetics.)
- Portsmouth Miniatures (Learn about ships which sailed the high seas, famous admirals and battles, view detail pictures of hand-painted models which you can purchase, watch as time goes by the construction of a 42" model of the HMS Victory, and much more.)
- Prince August
(Prince August produces a range of moulds for hobby casting. Prince August has been producing toy soldiers in Ireland for over 20 years and is the world's largest supplier of white metal casting moulds.)
- Strategos Athena
(We offer all metal figures and plastic, in all scales for the Napoleonic period. King and Country, Conte, Patriot models, 1/72, Italeri, 1/6 action figures, BBI, Sideshow, Dragon, Tamiya, plastic and metal figures, Spartan, Greek heroes, WWII, and much, much more.)
- Tinbay.com We produce collectable toy soldiers, tin soldiers, tin and lead soldiers, military figures and military miniatures more then 10 years. Our catalog includes about 1000 figures of Napoleonic era, Samurais, Knights, Old Romans and Ninja. Visit our online shop to order tin and lead figures and check our current stock at ebay.
- The War Times Journal - War & Games (Free miniature wargame rules are full-featured on-line editions written by The War Times Journal. They exist only on-line (there are no paper or "hardcopy" versions) and include rules text, combat charts, orders of battle and many other supplements including a War & Games Message Board. All for free! No mysterious vacuum wrapped boxes or nonrefundable booklets, just easy access systems with convenient support and availability!)
- Austerlitz

- British Wargames
(Among other things, this site hosts a Wargamers Search Engine.)
- The Cumberland Society

- 1st Internationaler Battleground-Klub of Deutschland
(In German, French, and English.)
( An international club that offers games with Talonsoft, HPS Simulations, plus addons and other games. Also includes club structure, rules, discussion forum, and many other options.)
- Napoléon in Russia Project
(In English and French. All Napoleon's battles on your Computer! Toutes les Batailles de Napoléon sur votre Ordinateur!)
- Napoleon the Emperor (Shareware game of Waterloo for Windows 3.1+ and Win 95.)
- Napoleon's Battles Historical Miniatures Game
- Napoleon - Russian Army for Wargamers
- Napoleon - The Waterloo Campaign, 1815
- The Napoleonic Wargame Pages (The simulation of warfare in the Age of Napoleon by means of online interactive military-historical presentations, turn-based play-by-email (PBEM) wargames and other computer technologies.)
- Napoleon Wargaming
(A German wargaming portal in German.)
- Parade Dress (A Napoleonic Virtual Store.)
- The Real Unofficial Battleground Page
- Talonsoft(A game company that offers strategic simulations games for PC and Mac.)
- The Unofficial Battleground Waterloo Home Page

- Volley & Bayonet
(Historical miniatures rules for warfare in the period 1700 to 1890.)
- War and Games (Miniatures, Simulations and Reenactments.)
- WARGAMES - Wargaming with Napoleonic Miniatures (In Spanish and English)

- Historik Orders, Ltd.(British campaign medals from the Victorian and Edwardian periods spanning the British Empire of the 19th and early 20th Centuries with a focus on the Napoleonic Wars.)
- Les Éditions de l'Empéri - Multimédia

- The Napoleon Shoppe

- The Napoleonic Guide
(The Napoleonic Guide is more than 1100 pages of information and images on the life and times of Napoleon Bonaparte. The politics, the leading soldiers, campaigns, battles, maps, reviews of books, the Sharpe TV Series, Hornblower, the complete Goya's Disasters of War, a weekly quiz, quotes, computer wargames, the Naval War, uniforms, animated maps and much more.)
- The Person Residing at Longwood
(This is a new Napoleonic musical, currently in pre-production as of 9 June 2007) by Stephen M. Hunt. Based on the sample music alone, I'm impressed! According to his Casting/Production page, Mr. Hunt states that the production has vacancies for singers, dancers, set designer, publicist, producer(s), and director. The first full production is anticipated to be in mid to late 2008.--John Schneider, Napoleonic Literature.)
- Sharpe Pointe (For information on the Sharpe series.)
- Sharps Information Page
(For the UK Sharps Rifles TV series.)
- Sharps Books

(For inforamtion concerning the Sharpe's Rifles books.)
There is a tremendous amount of Napoleonic information on the Web. The items listed above contain much useful and interesting information; however, to locate the hundreds, if not thousands, of other Napoleonic sites on the Web, use--

The Library of Congress (LOC) Search Engine
(Search the databases of the Library of Congress and hundreds of colleges, universities and other large libraries.)
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