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(Subject: European Conflicts & The Napoleonic Wars) Facsimile reprint of 1892 publication. No 33 of a limited edition of 250 copies. A Marshal of France and military leader during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, MacDonald came from a Jacobite family who had fled to France from the island of South Uist. He was related to Flora Macdonald, famed for her part in the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie. A General of Division in 1794 and Marshal of France in 1809, after Wagram, he campaigned in Germany, Italy, Austria, Spain and Russia. Despite his defeats at the Trebia and the Battle of Katzbach, his capacity for independent command made Napoleon trust him with large commands till the end of his career. (Published: 1987) (Publisher: Worley Publishers) (ISBN: 1869804031) (Pagination: viii + 488pp) (Condition: very good in red boards.) UL-XXXXXX.…

New and revised edition. viii + 488pp + postscript; appendix; frontispiece portrait; 1 plate; military diagram. Original blue cloth, gilt. Armorial bookplate to front pastedown. Covers slightly discoloured and with slight forward lean to spine. Overall G.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. A smart new and revised edition of this memoir from French Marshal of the Empire and military leader, Etienne Macdonald. New and revised edition. With a portrait frontispiece and one plate to the rear of the text. The recollections of Etienne Jacques-Joseph-Alexandre Macdonald, 1st duc de Tarente, a Marshal of the Empire and military leader during the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars. While not as famous as the other marshals of Napoleon, he was nonetheless a first-rate and successful general who was instrumental in the French victory during the Flanders campaign. Edited by Camille Felix Michel Rousset, a French historian. Translated by Stephen Louis Simeon, a British scholar and translator. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot, predominantly to the fore-edge. Previous owner's bookplate to the front pastedown. Very Good. None (illustrator). book.…