Napoleon's Women Camp Followers (Paperback)

Introduction - the 18th-century development of official camp followers * Organization and roles: Revolutionary Wars - Consular period - Imperial period * Costumes - explaining and illustrating actual period fashion and practice * Roll of honour - the stories of celebrated women: Marie Tete-du-bois of the Guard Grenadiers, Catherine Balland of the 95th Line, Mme Cazajus of the 57th Line, Marie Duranne of the 51st Demibrigade, Marie de Namur, Catherine Rohmer, and Lucille Girault. * Select bibliography * Plate commentaries