December 2003 Issue Andrew Roberts Brothers In Arms Rifles: Six Years with Wellington's Legendary Sharpshooters By Mark Urban LR
April 2004 Issue Alan Palmer His Empire For Some Horses 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow By Adam Zamoyski The Age of Napoleon By Alistair Home LR
August 2004 Issue Peter Weston Toying With History Wellington's Smallest Victory: The Duke, The Model Maker and The Secret of Waterloo By Peter Hofschröer LR
December 2013 Issue Leslie Mitchell Fighting Nine to Five Britain Against Napoleon: The Organization of Victory 1793–1815 By Roger Knight LR
December 2013 Issue Saul David Leading from the Front Wellington: The Path to Victory, 1769–1814 By Rory Muir Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power, 1799–1815 By Philip Dwyer LR
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