Table of Contents
No. 1



Battle Study

Scapegoat or Villain?

    By Ed Wimble and Matt DeLaMater
    Did Marshal Grouchy's decisions doom Napoleon's plans at Waterloo? Or was he simply the victim of bad luck, incompetents, or just the "fog of war?"
    Includes Order of Battle info for the Battles of Wavre and Limal.

Tactics & Organization

Napoleon Conquers Time & Distance

    By Lt. Col. Wilbur Gray
    The French Emperor confounded his opponents with his battlefield genius. Was his secret weapon the new French staff system and the dashing aide-de-camp?

Personalities

The Incomparable Pauline Bonaparte

    By Diana A. Browne
    Napoleon's favourite sister, and most loyal sibling, loved her brother, the arts, the celebrity of being royalty, and exhibiting her beautiful body.

Interview

Proctor Patterson Jones

    The new President of the Napoleonic Society of America talks about the future of the NSA and how he assembled his highly acclaimed book on Napoleon.

The Collector's Sourcebook

The Sounds of an Era

    Compiled by J. David Markham
    A list of Revolutionary and Napoleonic music.

Toy Soldiers and Collector Figures

    By Ernie Jones
    A survey and examples of these alluring historical miniatures.

Uniform Study

The Vistula Legion

Departments

Editorial: A letter from the Publisher.

Napoleonic Library: Reviews of selected titles

    Napoleon's Soldiers: The Grande Armee of 1807

    British Victory in Egypt 1801: The End of Napoleon's Conquest

    Assassination at St. Helena Revisited: A Classic Investigation with New Evidence

Travel: The Dutch Army Museum

Napoleonic Notebook: Tales, Trivia, and Other Tidbits

    Napoleon and Josephine's Favorite Smells

    Napoleon: Not the World's Most Sensitive Lover

    Napoleon's Greatest Export: Cognac

    Napoleon's Pressure Cooker

On the cover: James Lancia's painting of the "Terrible 57th" Line Infantry regiment during the 1809 campaign in which it captured six colors.

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