Turqjade's Terrific Tones

	The Age of Napoleon : A History of European Civilization from 1789 to 1815 by Will Durant	"A sweeping portrait of an age, this book--the 11th and final volume in Will and Ariel Durant's Story of Civilization series--makes Napoleon its hero. The Durants, capable of switching from art to science to warfare with ease and skill, rank among the world's great popular historians. "
	Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte by Louis Antonine Fauve De Bourrienne, Ramsay Weston Phipps (Editor)	"This incredible set begins with Napoleon's birth in Corsica in 1769 and ends with his entombment in the Invalides in Paris in 1840, further set off by an additional section back of Volume IV, Napoleon's Will. These four illustrated volumes include chronologies, text, letters, and many many insights, both personal and professional, into the life and mind of a titan in world history."
no image available	Napoleon Bonaparte by Alan Schom	"You won't come away from this energetic biography thinking much of the French emperor either as a man or as a general. Historian Alan Schom depicts Napoleon (1769-1821) as a cold-hearted manipulator: Schom's blistering accounts of the 1798-99 Egyptian campaign and the disastrous 1812 retreat from Russia show the French army decimated due to its leader's failure to inform himself about the lands he was invading or to properly plan for provisioning his troops"
	The Oxford Illustrated History of the British Monarchy by John Cannon, Ralph A. Griffiths	"The rich pageant of Britain's history emerges nowhere more colorfully than in the story of its kings and queens. This spectacular book offers the most authoritative account of the British monarchy ever published for the general reader."
	The Habsburgs : Embodying Empire by Andrew Wheatcroft	"For more than six centuries, the strange and defiant Habsburg family ruled a polyglot empire sprawling from Audstria to the Adriatic Sea, from North Africa to Mexico. Researcher Andrew Wheatcroft shows how the dynasty's mystical vision and unsurpassed political acumen culminated in the culture that produced 20th-century giants such as Freud and Hitler."
	The Warrior Queens by Antonia Fraser, et al	"Fraser gives readers a singularly rich and provocative study of the Warrior Queens, those women who--cutting across the entrenched male view of women as weak--have rallied armies and whole populations to themselves and their causes."
	Louis XIV by Ian Dunlop	"Winner of the 1999 Enid MacLeod Award, Ian Dunlop's elegant biography of Louis XIV (1638-1715) brilliantly achieves the author's aim "to help my readers see [Louis] as his contemporaries saw him." Extensive quotes from diaries and memoirs (each assessed for their prejudices) bring to life the glittering French court in the heyday of divine-right monarchy. "
	A Medieval Miscellany by Judith Herrin (Editor)	"In this fascinating anthology, the Middle Ages come alive through its own words. Complete with 138 texts drawn from medieval sources covering the period from the sixth to the fifteenth centuries, A Medieval Miscellany is devoted to an extraordinary range of topics from Birth to Death such as "A Warning Against Wine," "Dangerous Games," and "The Virgin's Complaint."
	Philip of Spain by Henry Arthur Francis Kamen	"Philip of Spain is a fine achievement, and should be taken very seriously by scholars. Since it is well written, it can also be read for pleasure by the general reader."
	Europe : A History by Norman Davies	"...an eccentric but often vigorously written introduction to the European past, enlivened with telling insights, apt quotations and excellent quick overviews of such topics as the Crusades and the Hanseatic League" - The New York Times Book Review, Theodore Raab
	Six Wives of Henry VIII by Alison Weir, B. Alison Weir	"Weir (the genealogical Britain's Royal Family--not reviewed) here uses the many public records and personal letters of the early 1500's to offer a comprehensive, factual version of the tempestuous private and public lives of Henry VIII and his six wives."
	Great Catherine by Carolly Erickson	"Erickson's fluid, captivating portrait of Catherine the Great reads like a first-rate historical novel"
no image available	Medieval Vision Essays in History and Perception by Carolly Erickson	"This exceptionally readable book describes how medieval men and women perceived their world, and how their vision of it colored their ideas about natural and supernatural occurrences and their attitudes about land and property, government, the role of women, crime, lawlessness, and outlaws."
	Napoleon on the Art of War by Emperor of the French Napoleon I, Jay Luvaas (Editor)	"Whatever his political failings, Napoleon's reputation as a military genius remains undiminished. His broad strategies and battlefield tactics are still studied at military colleges around the world."
	The Murder of Napoleon by David Hapgood, Ben Weider	"This book investigates the case made by Swedish dentist Dr. Sten Forshufvud. After learning the details of Napoleon's final days, Dr. Forshufvud began to suspect arsenic poisoning. Along with Ben Weider, the two delved into sources of available information regarding Napoleon, his imprisonment and those close to him. The authors present a very likely scenario of what really happened based on results of this investigation, along with an analysis of Napoleon's hair confirming arsenic poisoning."