Gavin Daly

The first major study of British soldiers' violence and restraint towards enemy combatants and civilians in sieges during the Napoleonic era. Spanning three continents, Gavin Daly's study places the British storm and sack of towns within the long-term history of siege violence and laws of war. Meer

The first local history of Napoleonic France to appear in the English language, Inside Napoleonic France: State and Society in Rouen, 1800-1815 redresses the traditional neglect of regional history during this period. Meer