Peter Hofschröer

Peter Hofschröer is a historian who specialises in the Napoleonic Wars.[1] He is a graduate of King's College London and lives in Austria.[2]

As well as his books, he has also contributed articles to magazines and journals such as the BBC History Magazine, Military History, War in History, the Journal of the Society of Army Historical Research, First Empire, Military Illustrated, Age of Napoleon and the Osprey Military Journal,[3] and to the BBC History Website.[4]

He has been a historical advisor to various TV companies, and to the makers of the computer game based on the Waterloo Campaign, Fields of Glory, published by MicroProse. He regularly presents papers at gatherings such as the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, the Wellington Congress, at the National Army Museum, Royal United Services Institute, and also gives talks at events such as the Cheltenham Literary Festival, and the International Napoleonic Fair.[2]

His awards include a Fellowship of the International Napoleonic Society and the Memorial Medal of the League of Bismarck, once in bronze, once in silver. [2][3]

Contents

Works

Sole author

Pub Date Volume Publisher
1984 Prussian Light Infantry 1792-1815 Osprey Men-at-Arms [5]
1984 Prussian Line Infantry 1792-1815 Osprey Men-at-Arms
1985 Prussian Cavalry 1792-1807 Osprey Men-at-Arms
1985 Prussian Cavalry 1808-1815 Osprey Men-at-Arms
1987 Prussian reserve, militia & irregular troops 1806-15 Osprey Men-at-Arms[6]
1989 Hanoverian Army of the Napoleonic Wars Osprey Men-at-Arms [7]
1993 Leipzig 1813 Osprey Campaign Series [8]
1998 1815 – The Waterloo Campaign Vol. 1
(Wellington his German Allies and the Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras)		 Greenhill[9]
1999 1815 – The Waterloo Campaign Vol. 2
(The German victory, from Waterloo to the fall of Napoleon)[10]		 Greenhill
2001 Lützen & Bautzen (1813) Osprey Campaign Series [11]
2003 Prussian Specialist Troops 1792-1815 Osprey Men-at-Arms
2004 Wellington's Smallest Victory: The Duke, the Model Maker, and the Secret of Waterloo (hbk) [12] Faber & Faber
2005 Wellington's Smallest Victory: The Duke, the Model Maker, and the Secret of Waterloo (pbk) Faber & Faber
2005 Waterloo 1815 - Quatre Bras & Ligny Pen & Sword [13]
2006 Waterloo 1815: Wavre & Plancenoit and the Race to Paris Pen & Sword [14]
2011 Prussian Napoleonic Tactics 1792-1815 Osprey Elite

As contributor

Pub Date Volume Publisher
1987 Napoleon’s Marshals Weidenfeld & Nicholson
2000 Napoleonic Options Greenhill
2004 Dictionary of National Biography Oxford UP
2007 Encyclopaedia of the French Revolutionary & Napoleonic Wars ABC – Clio

Editor

Carl Von Clausewitz (2010). Peter Hofschroer. ed. On Wellington: A Critique Of Waterloo. ISBN 9780806141084. 

Notes

  1. ^ Random House mini-biography
  2. ^ a b c "Wellington's Smallest Victory". Napoleonicsociety.com. http://www.napoleonicsociety.com/english/book_Wellington_Hofschroer.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
  3. ^ a b http://www.ospreypublishing.com/authors/profile.aspx?ID=3823
  4. ^ "History - British History in depth: Waterloo: The Three Commanders". BBC. 2009-11-05. http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/empire_seapower/three_commanders_01.shtml. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
  5. ^ Hofschroer, Peter. "9780850455403: Prussian Light Infantry, 1792-1815 (Used, New, Out-of-Print)". Alibris. http://www.alibris.com/search/books/isbn/9780850455403. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
  6. ^ Prussian reserve, militia ... - Google Books. Books.google.com.au. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=va7FFIltgwoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Peter+Hofschr%C3%B6er%22&source=bl&ots=F02h6vf05F&sig=yZapV0jTN76wWhXtuXaECmfsLMI&hl=en&ei=unCLS6D2GoflkAWFtry8DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CAwQ6AEwAzgU#v=onepage&q=&f=false. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
  7. ^ "Hanoverian Army of the Napoleonic Wars, Vol. 206, Men-at-Arms Series, Bryan Fosten, Book - Barnes & Noble". Search.barnesandnoble.com. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Hanoverian-Army-of-the-Napoleonic-Wars/Peter-Hofschroer/e/9780850458879. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
  8. ^ "Leipzig 1813: The Battle of the Nations: Amazon.ca: Peter Hofschröer: Books". Amazon.ca. http://www.amazon.ca/Leipzig-1813-Nations-Peter-Hofschr%C3%B6er/dp/1855323540. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
  9. ^ "Book Review: 1815: The Waterloo Campaign: Wellington, his German Allies and the Battles of Ligny and Quatre Bras (Peter Hofschröer) : MHQ". HistoryNet. http://www.historynet.com/book-review-1815-the-waterloo-campaign-wellington-his-german-allies-and-the-battles-of-ligny-and-quatre-bras-peter-hofschrer-mhq.htm. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
  10. ^ awarded the 1999 Literary Award of the Napoleonic Society of America.
  11. ^ Customise view. "items - Get great deals on items on eBay UK!". Cgi.ebay.co.uk. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Lutzen-and-Bautzen-1813-Book-. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
  12. ^ On the Siborne model of the battle of Waterloo [1]
  13. ^ "WATERLOO 1815: Quatre Bras and Ligny (9781844151684): Peter Hofschroer: Books". Amazon.com. http://www.amazon.com/WATERLOO-1815-Quatre-Bras-Ligny/dp/1844151689. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 
  14. ^ Peter Hofschroer. "Peter Hofschroer". FiledBy. http://www.filedby.com/unclaimed_author/peter_hofschroer/832161/. Retrieved 2010-08-15. 

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