Books of interest

VIVA NAPOLEÓN / MUERA BONAPARTE! Propaganda y opiniones contrastadas en el mundo hispánico (1798-1810)

Carlos Gustavo Mejía Chávez

Despuntaba el siglo XIX cuando la imagen heroica de Napoleón Bonaparte se esparcía por España y América.Escritos, canciones, poemas y estampas evocaban al general invicto, al artífice de la paz, al gran estadista del mundo moderno. Pero la invasión a España en 1808 provocó la inversión de la propaganda. Una avalancha de textos dibujó a Napoleón como el gran traidor y tirano.El "excelso emperador" se disolvió en el "Anticristo de Córcega"; el aclamado moderador de la Revolución francesa fue calificado como hereje y ateísta. En Nueva España, agitada por conspiraciones y movimientos revolucionarios, el rostro de Napoleón quiso verse reflejado en el espejo de Hidalgo y de los líderes de la independencia.A través del estudio de un inmenso repertorio de sermones, gacetas, estampas, libelos satíricos y procesos judiciales, este libro nos permite…

A Double-Edged Sword: The Biography of Commodore Jesse Duncan Elliott, 1782–1845 (Maritime Currents: History and Archaeology David F. Long Publisher : ‎ University Alabama Press

Publication date : ‎ February 15, 2026

Print length: ‎ 280 pages

ISBN: ‎ 978-0817362409

An overdue reassessment of one of the US Navy’s most decorated―and divisive―early commanders, whose legacy remains teetering between heroism and scandalous.

A Double-Edged Sword: The Biography of Commodore Jesse Duncan Elliott, 1782–1845 is a comprehensive and long-overdue portrait of one of the most polarizing figures in early US naval history. Written over the course of a decade and completed shortly before the author’s death, this meticulously researched biography revisits the career of a man once hailed for his military exploits―and later condemned for a myriad of personal controversies―including his perceived missteps while in command.

I am having trouble finding these, Napoleonic book fans. I see either that they were not published at all or were published as Antoine-Jacques-Claude-Joseph Boulay de la Meurthe, Mémoires publiés par sa famille, Paris, 1868 as cited here. This would be his recollections of his political life. An extract was published as Théorie constitutionnelle de Sieyès. Constitution de l'an VIII, extraits des mémoires inédits

Can anyone help?

Thanks.

Marshal Ney: Fall From Glory by Brian Williams

Publisher ‏ : ‎  Independently published       

Publication date: : 26 Aug. 2025       

Print length ‏ : ‎ 303 pages       

 ISBN: ‎ 9798262333264

 One of the most colourful of Napoleon's Marshals, Michel Ney was best known as “The Bravest of the Brave” - an enduring symbol of heroism and inspirational leadership in battl Ney was born a barrel-cooper's son who rose from the humblest of origins as a cavalry trooper under the Ancien Regime to the highest ranks of the French army under Napoleon.