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1. Napoleon's Greatest Victory.
2. Favorite Napoleonic Marshals.
3. Greatest Military Commanders in History.
4. Cause of Napoleon's Final Defeat.
5. Books Sales Rank from amazon..com.

Napoleon's Greatest Victory.

battle
votes
1. Austerlitz 1805 120
2. Jena 1806 45
3. Friedland 1807 38
4. Ulm 1805 32
5. Borodino 1812 29
6. Wagram 1809 21
7. Dresden 1813 18
8. Marengo 1800 16
9. Arcis sur Aube 1814 14
10. Ligny 1815 12


Top 10 Favorite Napoleonic Marshals

marshal
votes
1. Louis Davout "The Iron Marshal" 87
2. Jean Lannes "The French Ajax" 65
3. Michel Ney "The Bravest of the Brave" 59
4. Joachim Murat "The First Saber of Europe" 52
5. Prince Poniatowski 21
6. Andree Massena 18
7. Louis Suchet 16
8. Nicolas Soult 14
9. Auguste Marmont 12
10. Berthier (Napoleon's Chief-of-Staff) 10


Cause of Napoleon's Final Defeat.

battle
votes
1. Invasion of Russia, 1812 150
2. Ego and Overconfidence. 65
3. England's dimplomacy and money. 56
4. Spanish guerilla war. 36
5. French navy. 18
6. Talleyrand's treachery. 12
6. Other. 12

Greatest Military Commanders in History

marshal
votes
1. Napoleon 150
2. Alexander the Great 130
3. Ghengis Khan 65
4. Julius Caesar 43
5. Hannibal 41
6. Frederick the Great 29
7. Robert Lee 27
8. Admiral Nelson 25
9. Gustavus Adolphus 23
10. Moltke the Elder 21
11. Duke of Marlborough 20
12. Maurice de Saxe 19
13. Suvorov 18
14. Zhukov 17
15. Mainstein 16
16. Guderian 15
17. Rommel 14
18. Patton 13
19. Wellington 12
20. Cromwell 5
20. Jan III Sobieski 5
20. Zizka 5

Alexander the Great, by M. Churms Julius Caesar, by M. Churms Hannibal, by ..... Ghengiz Khan
Alexander the Great - Julius Caesar - Hannibal Barca - Ghengiz Khan

Gustavus Adolphus Duke of Marlborough Maurice de Saxe Frederick the Great
Gustavus Adolphus - Duke of Marlborough - Maurice de Saxe - Frederick the Great

Suvorov Admiral Nelson Emperor Napoleon Lee
Alexander Suvorov - Admiral Nelson - Emperor Napoleon - Robert Lee

Moltke the Elder Zhukov Guderian
von Moltke the Elder - Georgii Zhukov - Heinz Guderian

Book Sales Rank from (american) amazon..com
NOTE: the ranking is only for 25th May 2007


Title
Author
Sales Rank
1. On War von Clausewitz 12,342
2. War and Peace Tolstoy 15,217
3. Sharpe's Trafalgar Cornwell 15,317
4. Sharpe's Waterloo Cornwell 21,225
5. The Face of Battle Keegan 39,494
6. Once There Were Titans:
Napoleon's Generals and Their Battles, 1800-1815 		Kiley 50,498
7. Tactics and the Experience of Battle
in the Age of Napoleon 		Muir 75,249
8. The War of Wars:
The Great European Conflict 1793 - 1815 		Harvey 76,735
9. Principles of War von Clausewitz 81,135
10. L'Armee Francaise:
An Illustrated History of the French Army 		Detaille 90,091
*
11. The Days of the French Revolution Hibbert 90,262
12. Inside Wellington's Peninsular Army: 1808 - 1814 Muir, Burnham, McGuigan 100,941
13. Waterloo Companion Adkin 122,267
14. Swords Around a Throne Elting 135,776
15. Napoleonic Wars Rothenberg 137,824
16. Exploits and Adventures of Brigadier Gerard Conan Doyle 141,490
17. The First Total War:
Napoleon's Europe and the Birth of Warfare as We Know It 		Bell 157,223
18. Napoleon's Marshals Delderfield 164,381
19. Clausewitz on Strategy:
Inspiration and Insight from a Master Strategist 		von Clausewitz 171,113
20. The Oxford History of the French Revolution Doyle 174,756
*
21. 1805: Austerlitz Goetz 186,219
22. Waterloo Commanders:
Napoleon, Wellington, and Blucher 		Uffindells 192,010
23. The Pursuit of Victory:
The Life and Achievement of Horatio Nelson 		Knight 213,261
24. Soldiers and Uniforms of the Napoleonic Wars Hourtoulle 218,891
25. Wellington: The Iron Duke [Illustrated] Holmes 220,103
26. Campaigns of Napoleon Chandler 225,001
27. Clausewitz's on War (Books That Changed the World) Strachan 239,163
28. The Battle: A New History of Waterloo Barbero 252,875
29. Napoleon's Line Infantry Haythornthwaite 253,078
30. Wellington's Rifles Urban 255,196
*
31. Lejeune - Vol.1: The Napoleonic Wars
through the Experiences of an Officer
of Berthier's Staff 		Lejeune 256,736
32. Waterloo 1815: Quatre Bras and Ligny Hofschroer 257,188
33. Napoleon's Polish Gamble:
Eylau and Friedland 1807 		Summerville 258,577
34. Trafalgar: The Nelson Touch Howarth 264,143
35. NAPOLEONIC UNIFORMS: 2 Volume Boxed Set Elting 274,101
36. Napoleon Bonaparte Schom 291,910
37. How to Make War ? Napoleon 292,943
38. The Battle of New Orleans:
Andrew Jackson and America's First Military Victory 		Remini 299,485
39. Memoirs of a Polish Lancer
(The Pamietniki of Dezydery Chlapowski) 		transl. by Simmons 301,111
40. Napoleon For Dummies Markham 306,131
*
41. Waterloo 1815: Wavre, Plancenoit and the Race to Paris Hofschroer 314,882
42. Austerlitz - The Empire at its Zenith Hourtoulle 328,091
43. The Exploits of Baron de Marbot Marbot 329,457
44. New Orleans 1815: Andrew Jackson Crushes the British Pickles 355,864
45. Wellington: A Personal History Hibbert 362,206
46. The Man Who Broke Napoleon's Codes Urban 367,995
47. Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March Zamoyski 391,404
48. Trafalgar Companion Adkin 394,382
49. Friedland 1807 Hourtoulle 409,299
50. Marshal Ney: The Bravest of the Brave Atteridge 417,054
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51. Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Era Connelly 450,303
52. How Far From Austerlitz?
Napoleon 1805-1815 		Horne 462,404
53. The Road to Rivoli: Napoleon's First Campaign Boycott-Brown 463,143
54. Art of Warfare in the Age of Napoleon Rothenberg 494,629
55. Imperial Guardsman 1799-1815 Haythornthwaite 528,164
56. Salamanca, 1812 Muir 547,474
57. Anatomy of Glory: Napoleon and His Guard Lachouque 559,695
58. Marengo & Hohenlinden:
Napoleon's Rise to Power		 Arnold 570,228
59. Waterloo Roberts 578,330
60. Napoleon McLynn 580,876
61. The Waterloo Campaign: June 1815 Nofi 587,276
62. A History of the Peninsular War Volume 1 Oman 611,638
63. A Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars Esposito, and Elting 613,226
64. The Russian Officer Corps in the
Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1792-1815 		Mikaberidze 626,109
65. The Battle Rambaud 645,117
66. With Musket, Cannon, and Sword Nosworthy 679,984
67. Wellington At Waterloo Weller 683,063
68. Napoleon's Elite Cavalry Rousselot 725,253
69. 1815 - the Armies at Waterloo Pericoli 743,245
70. Wagram Hourtoulle 753,983
71. The Art of War Jomini 764,914
72. 1815: Waterloo - The German Victory Hofschroer 776,083
73. Napoleon's Campaign in Poland 1806 to 1807 Petre 803,415
74. 1815 The Waterloo Campaign:
Wellington, His German Allies ... 		Hofschroer 834,887
75. Austerlitz 1805: The fate of empires Castle 860,106
76. Napoleon: How he Dit It Baron Fain 873,075
77. The Russian Army of the Napoleonic Wars (1) :
Infantry 1799-1814 		Haythornthwaite 884,230
78. 1812: Napoleon Invasion Russia Britten Austin 889,229
79. Napoleon's Conquest of Prussia, 1806 Petre 909,399
80. The Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815 Gates 916,484
81. Waterloo: New Perspectives:
The Great Battle Reappraised 		Hamilton-Williams 925,277
82. The Wars of Napoleon Esdaile 933,873
83. Napoleon Max Gallo 946,926
84. Iron Marshall [Davout] Gallagher 994,836
85. The Peninsular War Esdaile 1,000,070
86. Spanish Guerrillas in the Peninsular War 1808-14 Chartrand 1,041,203
87. Napoleon at Leipzig: The Battle of Nations 1813 Nafziger 1,045,177
88. Napoleon's Guard Cavalry Bukhari 1,066,492
89. In the Legions of Napoleon:
The Memoirs of a Polish Officer in Spain and Russia 		Brandt 1,070,518
90. The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book Digby Smith 1,073,908
91. Vittoria 1813: Wellington Sweeps the French from Spain Fletcher 1,104,889
92. 1813: Leipzig Digby Smith 1,122,349
93. The Fall of Toulon:
The Royal Navy and the Royalists Last Stand ...		 Ireland 1,139,356
94. Napoleon and Austerlitz:
An Unprecedentedly Detailed Combat Study
of Napoleon's Epic Ulm-Austerlitz Campaigns of 1805		 Bowden 1,140,909
95. The Decline and Fall of Napoleon's Empire:
How the Emperor Self-Destructed 		Digby Smith 1,194,420
96. Napoleon's Regiments: Battle Histories
of the Regiments of the French Army, 1792-1815 		Digby Smith 1,202,963
97. Imperial Bayonets: Tactics of the Napoleonic Nafziger 1,231,324
98. 1812 The Great Retreat: Told by the Survivors Britten Austin 1,273,163
99. The Czar's General: The Memoirs of a Russian General
in the Napoleonic Wars 		Yermolov 1,300,107
100. Napoleon's Invasion of Russia 1812 Tarle 1,300,496
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Napoleon and the Campaign of 1814: France Houssaye 1,307,833
Napoleon's Invasion of Russia Nafziger 1,367,759
Weapons & Equipment Of The Napoleonic Wars Haythornthwaite 1,374,100
The Art of War of Revolutionary France, 1789-1802 Griffith 1,438,119
Marengo 1800: Napoleon's Day of Fate Hollins 1,517,742
1812: The March on Moscow Britten Austin 1,532,091
Marshal Murat King of Naples Atteridge 1,536,987
Crisis on the Danube:
Napoleon's Austrian Campaign of 1809 		Arnold 1,537,675
Dictionary of the Napoleonic Wars Chandler 1,783,748
In Napoleon's Shadow: ...
Memoirs of Marchand, Valet and Friend of the Emperor		 Marchand 1,938,615
The Battle of Marengo 1800 Hollins 2,049,964
L'armée de Napoléon : Organisation et vie quotidienne Pigeard 2,517,348
The Spanish Ulcer Gates 3,437,783
Napoléon et la Grande Armée: Tome 2 Auquis 3,822,970
Memoirs And Recollections
Of Count Louis Philippe De Segur
(Russia observed) 		De Segur 4,587,952
Armies on the Danube, 1809 Bowden 4,697,800
Marengo and Hohenlinden Furse 4,846,145

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