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• Letters of three Belgian brothers in Napoleon’s service (I) …

  

  Introduction by Major General Hector Jean Couvreur The importance of letters from witnesses to an era is well established. Written on the spot, they shed light on events in a different way to the reports and memoirs that are all too often written to exonerate or overly glorify their authors. We have been fortunate to…

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  May 30, 2024

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