title: Blundering to Glory: Napoleon's Military Campaigns, Third Edition
author:  Owen Connelly 
description: Connelly's summaries of the action are clear and concise; his description of the social and political context in which Napoleon fought is exquisite; his portrayal of the personalities of Napoleon's marshals is lively and insightful; and his portrait of Napoleon's ambition and drive to win is superb. (<i>Military Review</i>)<br /><br />A thoroughly stimulating and enjoyable volume. Connelly examines all the campaigns with exemplary conciseness, and the same is to be said of his treatment of the battles. . . . Whether this book entertains or (occasionally) infuriates, it makes a reader think. (<i>Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research</i>)<br /><br />This is a concise, clear, authoritative account presented in a felicitous literary style. Of the many works on Napoleon's thirty-year career, this is the best brief account. (<i>Canadian Military History</i>)<br /><br />Readers will find this book useful to have in their library. Connelly gently but surely draws the readers into questioning whether or not Napoleon ever had a strategic aim. (<i>Journal of the Royal Artillery</i>)<br /><br />Owen Connelly, one of the leading American historians of the French RevolutionNapoleonic Era, has that rare gift of being able to take complex and complicated information and produce a tight, smooth-flowing narrative. What is unique about this study is that it is both scholarly, based upon excellent research with good maps and a fine bibliography, and also written in a language [students] will appreciate and understand. Highly recommended. (<i>CHOICE</i>)
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  The Memoirs of Napoleon, V13, 1815
  
  
    
    
  CHAPTER I. 1814.  
    
  CHAPTER II. 1814.  
    
  CHAPTER III. 1814.  
    
  CHAPTER IV. 1814-1815.  
    
  CHAPTER V. 1815.  
    
  CHAPTER VI. 1815.  
    
  [ANNEX TO THE PRECEDING CHAPTER.]
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # The Memoirs of Napoleon, V13, 1815
  
  
  ### Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne
  
  
  
  
  
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  * CHAPTER I. 1814.
  
  
  * CHAPTER II. 1814.
  
  
  * CHAPTER III. 1814.
  
  
  * CHAPTER IV. 1814-1815.
  
  
  * CHAPTER V. 1815.
  
  
  * CHAPTER VI. 1815.
  
  
  * [ANNEX TO THE PRECEDING CHAPTER.]
  
  
  
  
  
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  MEMOIRS OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE, VOLUME 13.
  
  
  
  
  
  by LOUIS ANTOINE FAUVELET DE BOURRIENNE
  
  
  
  
  
  His Private Secretary
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Edited by R. W. Phipps
  
  
  Colonel, Late Royal Artillery
  
  
  
  
  
  1891
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### CHAPTER I. 1814.
  
  
  
  
      
  
  Unalterable determination of the Allies with respect to