Peter Hofschröer
Peter Hofschröer is a British historian who specialises in the Napoleonic Wars. He is a graduate of King's College London and currently lives in Austria.
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, and to the BBC History Website. 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 NAM, RUSI, etc. and also gives talks at events such as the Cheltenham Literary Festival and the International Napoleonic Fair. 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.
Works
Sole author
Pub Date |
Volume |
Publisher |
|---|---|---|
1984 |
Prussian Light Infantry 1792-1815 |
Osprey Men-at-Arms |
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 Reserves, Militia, etc. |
Osprey Men-at-Arms |
1989 |
Hanoverian Army of the Napoleonic Wars |
Osprey Men-at-Arms |
1993 |
1813 |
Osprey Campaign Series |
1998 |
1815 – The Waterloo Campaign Vol. 1 |
Greenhill |
1999 |
1815 – The Waterloo Campaign Vol. 2 |
Greenhill |
2001 |
Lützen 1813 |
Osprey Campaign Series |
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) |
Faber & Faber |
2005 |
Wellington's Smallest Victory: The Duke, the Model Maker, and the Secret of Waterloo (pbk) |
Faber & Faber |
2005 |
Quatre Bras & Ligny |
Pen & Sword |
2006 |
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Pen & Sword |
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 |