List of books about the Napoleonic Wars

This is a non-fiction bibliography of works about the Napoleonic Wars as selected by editors.

General

* Bruce, Robert B.; Dickie, Iain; Kiley, Kevin; Pavkovic, Michael F.; Schneid, Frederick C. (2008). ''Fighting Techniques of the Napoleonic Age 1792~1815''. London: Amber Books. .
* Chandler, David G. (1966). ''The Campaigns of Napoleon''. New York: Macmillan. .
* Chandler, David G. (1979). ''Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars''. New York: Macmillan. .
* Chandler, David G. (1987) irst published 1831 ''The Military Maxims of Napoleon''. London: Greenhill Books. .
* Chandler, David G. (1990). ''The Illustrated Napoleon''. London: Greenhill. .
* Chandler, David G. (1994). ''On the Napoleonic Wars''. London: Greenhill Books. .
* Esposito, Brigadier General Vincent J.; Elting, Colonel John R. (1999) irst published 1964 ''A Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars'' (New ed.). London: Greenhill Books. .
* Fremont, Gregory-Barnes, ed. (2006). ''The Encyclopedia of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars''. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. .
* Glover, Michael (1980) irst published 1979 ''The Napoleonic Wars: an illustrated history 1792–1815''. London: Book Club Associates. .
* Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1990). ''The Napoleonic Source Book''. London: Cassell & Co. .
* Herold, J. Christopher (2002) irst published 1963 ''The Age of Napoleon''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. .
* Hodge, Carl Cavanagh, ed. (2008). ''Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914''. Vols. 1 & 2. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. .
* Jaques, Tony (2006). ''Dictionary of Battles and Sieges''. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Publishing Group. .
* Konstam, Angus (2003). ''Historical Atlas of the Napoleonic Era''. London: Mercury Books. .
* McNab, Chris, ed. (2011) irst published 2009 ''Armies of the Napoleonic Wars''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Mikaberidze, Alexander (2020). ''The Napoleonic Wars: A Global History''. Oxford University Press.
* Nosworthy, Brent (1995). ''Battle Tactics of Napoleon and His Enemies.'' London: Constable and Company. .
* Over, Keith (1976). ''Flags and Standards of the Napoleonic Wars''. London: Bivouc Books. .
* Pivka, Otto von (1979). ''Armies of the Napoleonic Era''. Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles. .
* Riley, Jonathon P. (2000). ''Napoleon and the World War of 1813: Lessons in Coalition Warfighting''. London: Routledge. .

* Roberts, Andrew (2001). ''Napoleon and Wellington''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. .
* Rose, J. Holland (1935) irst published 1894 ''The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Era 1789–1815'' (7th ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* Rothenberg, Gunther E. (1977). ''The Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon''. London: B.T. Batsford. .
* Rothenberg, Gunther E. (1999). Keegan, John. ed. ''The Napoleonic Wars''. London: Cassell & Co. .
* Smith, Digby (1998). ''The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book''. London: Greenhill Books. .
* Taylor, Brian (2006). ''The Empire of the French''. Stroud, UK: Spellmount. .
* Wellesley, Arthur (1837–1839). Gurwood, John. ed. ''The dispatches of Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington: During his various campaigns in India, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, the Low Countries, and France, from 1799 to 1818''. Vols. I–XII. London: John Murray.

Battles

* Adkin, Mark (2001). ''The Waterloo Companion: The Complete Guide to History's Most Famous Land Battle''. London: Aurum Press. .
* Ayrton, Michael; Taylor, John (2008). ''The Sharpest Fight: The 95th Rifles at Tarbes, 20th March 1814''. London: Forbitou Books. .
* Barbero, Alessandro (2005). ''The Battle: A New History Of Waterloo''. Walker & Company. .
* Chandler, David G. (1993) irst published 1980 ''Waterloo: The Hundred Days''. London: Osprey. .
* Chartrand, René (2001). ''Vimeiro 1808''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Chartrand, René (2001). ''Bussaco 1810''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Chartrand, René (2001). ''Fuentes de Oñoro 1811''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Duffy, Christopher (1999) irst published 1972 ''Borodino and the War of 1812''. London: Cassell & Co. .
* Duffy, Christopher (1999) irst published 1977 ''Austerlitz 1805''. London: Cassell & Co. .
* Fletcher, Ian; Younghusband, Tony (1997). ''Salamanca 1812''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Fletcher, Ian (1996). ''Vittoria 1813''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1996). ''Die Hard!''. London: Arms & Armour Press. .
* Hibbert, Christopher (1998). ''Waterloo''. Ware, UK: Wordsworth Editions. .
* Howarth, David (1997) irst published 1968 ''Waterloo: A Near Run Thing'' (Reissued 2003 ed.). London: Phoenix. .
* Mikaberidze, Alexander (2007). ''The Battle of Borodino: napoleon versus Kutuzov''. Barnsley: Pen&Sword.
* Mikaberidze, Alexander (2010). ''The Battle of the Berezina: Napoleon's Great Escape''. Barnsley: Pen&Sword.
* Muir, Rory (2000). ''Tactics and the Experience of Battle in the Age of Napoleon''. London: Yale University Press. .
* Sutherland, Jonathan (2003). ''Napoleonic Battles''. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife. .
* Uffindell, Andrew (2003). ''Great Generals of the Napoleonic Wars and their Battles 1805–1815''. Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount. .

Biographies

* Asprey, Robert (2000). ''The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte: Volume I – The Rise''. London: Abacus. .
* Asprey, Robert (2001). ''The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte: Volume II – The Fall''. London: Abacus. .
* Chandler, David G., ed. (1987). ''Napoleon's Marshals''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. .
* Chandler, David G. (2002) irst published 1973 ''Napoleon''. Barnsley, UK: Leo Cooper. .
* Barnett, Correlli (1997). ''Bonaparte''. Ware, UK: Wordsworth Editions. .
* Cornwall, James-Marshall (1998). ''Napoleon: As Military Commander''. New York: Barnes & Noble Books. .
* Corrigan, Gordon (2006) irst published 2001 ''Wellington: A Military Life''. London: Hambledon Continuum. .
* Cronin, Vincent (1973). ''Napoleon''. Harmondsworth, UK: Pelican Books. .
* Dwyer, Philip (2007). ''Napoleon: The Path to Power 1769–1799''. London: Bloomsbury. .
* Dywer, Philip (2013). ''Citizen Emperor: Napoleon in Power 1799–1815''. London: Bloomsbury. .
* Ellis, Geoffrey (1996). ''Napoleon (Profiles in Power)''. Harlow, UK: Longman. .
* Englund, Steven (2004). ''Napoleon: A Political Life''. Harvard: University Press. .
* Falk, Avner (2007). ''Napoleon Against Himself: A Psychobiography''. Charlottesville, VA: Pitchstone Publishing. .
* Fournier, August irst published 1903 ''Napoleon the First: A Biography''. New York: Henry Holt And Company. .
* Holmes, Richard (2007) irst published 2003 ''Wellington The Iron Duke''. London: HarperCollins. .
* Longford, Elizabeth (1969). ''Wellington: The Years of The Sword''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. .
* Longford, Elizabeth (1992) 969/72 ''Wellington'' (abridged ed.). London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. .
* Roberts, Andrew (2014). ''Napoleon: A Life''.
* Six, Georges (1934) ''Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire: 1792-1814''. Paris, Librairie Historique et Nobiliare
Tome I (A–J)Tome II (K–Z)
(in French)
* Zamoyski Adam (2018). ''Napoleon: A Life''.

Campaigns

* Gill, John H. (2018). ''With Eagles to Glory: Napoleon and his German Allies in the 1809 Campaign''.
* Lieven, Dominic (2010). ''Russia Against Napoleon: The True Story of the Campaigns of War and Peace''.
* Nafziger, George (2009). ''Napoleon's Invasion of Russia''.
* Zamoyski, Adam (2004). ''1812: Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow''.

Forces

* Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (2001). ''Napoleonic Infantry''. London: Cassell & Co. .
* Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (2001). ''Napoleonic Cavalry''. London: Cassell & Co. .

British

* Bluth, B.J. (2003). ''Marching With Sharpe''. London: HarperCollins. .
* Fletcher, Ian (2000) irst Published 1996 ''Napoleonic Wars: Wellington's Army''. London: Brassey's Military Books. .
* Fletcher, Ian (2005) irst published 1994 ''Wellington's Regiments: The Men and their Battles 1808–1815''. Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount. .
* Fletcher, Ian; Poulter, Ron (1992). ''Gentlemen's Sons''. Tunbridge Wells, UK: Spellmount. .
* Harrison, Keith; Smith, Eric (2008). ''Rifle-Green by Nature: A Regency Naturalist and his Family, William Elford Leach''. London: The Ray Society. . (actions of the 95th Rifles)
* Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1996) irst published 1987 ''British Infantry of the Napoleonic Wars''. London: Arms & Armour Press. .
* Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1997) irst published 1989 ''Wellington's Military Machine''. Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount. .
* Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1998) irst published 1994 ''The Armies of Wellington''. London: Arms & Armour Press. .
* Holmes, Richard (2001). ''Redcoat''. London: HarperCollins. .
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* Morgan, Matthew (2004). ''Wellington's Victories: A Guide to Sharpe's Army''. London: Andrews McMeel Publishing. .
* Reid, Stuart (2004). ''Wellington's Army in the Peninsular 1809–14''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Urban, Mark (2004) 003 ''Rifles''. London: Faber and Faber. .

French

* Chartrand, René (2000) irst Published 1996 ''Napoleonic Wars: Napoleon's Army''. London: Brassey's Military Books. .
* Blond, Georges (1995) irst published 1979 ''La Grande Armée''. Translated by Marshall May. London: Arms & Armour Press. .
* Elting, John R. (1988). ''Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armée''. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. .
* Griffith, Paddy (2007). ''French Napoleonic Infantry Tactics 1792–1815''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1995) irst published 1988 ''Napoleon's Military Machine''. Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount. .
* Smith, Digby (2000). ''Napoleon's Regiments''. London: Greenhill Books. .

Prussian

* Schmidt, Oliver (2003). ''Prussian Regular Infantryman 1808–15''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Pivka, Otto von (1973). ''The Black Brunswickers''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Young, Peter (1973). ''Blücher's Army 1813–1815''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .

Uniforms and equipment

* Haythornthwaite, Philip J. (1998). ''Weapons & Equipment of the Napoleonic Wars''. London: Arms & Armour Press. .
* Over, Keith (1976). ''Flags and Standards of the Napoleonic Wars''. London: Bivouac Books. .
* Smith, Digby (2006). ''An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars''. London: Lorenz Books. .
* Windrow, Martin; Embleton, Gerry (1974). ''Military Dress of the Peninsular War 1804–1814''. New York: Hippocrene Books. .

Naval

* Adkin, Mark (2005). ''The Trafalgar Companion: The Complete Guide to History's Most Famous Sea Battle and the Life of Admiral Lord Nelson''. London: Aurum Press. .
* Davies, David (1996). ''Fighting Ships: Ships of the Line 1793–1815''. London: Constable. .
* Davies, Paul (1972). ''The Battle of Trafalgar''. London: Pan Books. .
* Fitchett, W.H. (2007). ''Naval Battles of the Napoleonic Wars''. UK: Leonaur. .
* Fremont, Gregory-Barnes (2007). ''The Royal Navy 1793–1815''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Goodwin, Peter (2002). ''Nelson's Ships: A History of the Vessels in Which He Served 1771–1805''. London: Conway Maritime Press. .
* Lavery, Brian (1992) irst published 1989 ''Nelson's Navy: The Ships, Men and Organisation 1793–1815''. London: Conway Maritime Press. .
* Pivka, Otto von (1980). ''Navies of the Napoleonic Era''. Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles. .
* Warner, Oliver (1971) irst published 1965 ''Nelson's Battles''. Newton Abbot, UK: David & Charles. .
* White, Colin (2002). ''The Nelson Encyclopaedia''. Rochester, UK: Chatham Publishing. .

Peninsular War

* Fletcher, Ian (2003). ''Fortresses of the Peninsular 1808–14''. Oxford: Osprey Publishing. .
* Gates, David (2002) irst published 1986 ''The Spanish Ulcer: A History of the Peninsular War''. Pimlico. .
* Lachouque, Commandant Henry; Tranie, Jean; Carmigniani, J.-C. (1982) irst published 1978 in French ''Napoleon's War in Spain''. London: Arms and Armour. .
* Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick (1835–40). ''History of the War in the Peninsula and in the South of France from the Year 1807 to the Year 1814''. Vols. I–VI. London: Thomas & William Boone.
* Napier, Sir William Francis Patrick (1852). ''English Battles and Sieges in The Peninsula: Extracted from his 'Peninsula War. London: Chapman and Hall.
* Oman, Charles (1902–30). ''A History of the Peninsular War''. Vols I–VII. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
* Parkinson, Roger (2000) irst published 1973 ''The Peninsular War''. Ware, UK: Wordsworth Editions. .
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* Weller, Jac (1999) irst published 1963 ''Wellington in the Peninsula''. London: Greenhill Books. .

Invasion of Russia

* Smith, Digby (2002) irst published 1977 ''Armies of 1812''. Staplehurst, UK: Spellmount. .

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