Alan Palmer
Alan Palmer is an author and historian. His many critically acclaimed works include Alexander I: Tsar of War and Peace, Metternich, Councillor of Europe and The Decline and Fall of the Ottoman Empire.
Among Alan Palmer’s books are Napoleon in Russia, Metternich, Alexander I and Twilight of the Habsburgs.
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The Salient
Ypres today is an international 'Town of Peace', but in 1914 the town, and the Salient, the 35-mile bulge in the Western Front, of which…
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A Brief History of Napoleon in Russia
By 1812, when Napoleon invaded Russia, his Empire covered most of Europe. The invasion was to be its crowning glory. Instead it ended in disaster,…