Jane Austen Media Reviews

Two Views of Napoleon

Napoleon's Russian Campaign by Count Phillipe-Paul de Segur This is a raw account of Napoleon's Russian 1812 Russian Campaign from not just an eye witness, but a French officer and aide to Napo...

Capt Gronow and Sir Harry Smith Write their Memoirs

Captain Gronow: His Reminiscences of Regency and Victorian Life, 1810-60 By Christopher Hibbit   This is a very difficult book to review as I liked it a lot, but I still have a number of res...

Soldiers of Fortune: First Hand Accounts of Regency Battles

A Dorset Soldier: The Autobiography of Sgt. Williams Lawrence 1790-1869 by Eileen Hathaway (Editor), William Lawrence An excellent book for collectors of Peninsular War accounts, and especial...