From Reason to Revolution Books in Order
From Reason to Revolution contains 96 books, published between 2017 and 2024. The first book is Reminiscences 1808-1815 Under Wellington (2017) and the newest is Frontier Soldiers of New France: Volume 1 - Regulation Clothing, Armament, and Equipment of the Colonial Troops in New France (2024). Publication order is the reading order below.
- Books
- 96
- Published
- 2017–2024
- Pages on record
- 12,293 in 50 of 96 books
- Reading time
- 205–307 hours
Reading time is an estimate, not a recorded figure: 12,293 pages at 300 words a page, read at 200–300 words a minute, covering the 50 of 96 titles with a page count on record.
From Reason to Revolution is a military history series covering warfare between the mid-eighteenth century and the end of the Napoleonic era. The run holds 96 volumes published between 2017 and 2024 and continues. Titles cover the Peninsular War, the Seven Years War, the blockade of Brest and the French army in Egypt, and many are edited soldiers' memoirs such as Recollections from the Ranks and The Veteran or 40 Years' Service in the British Army. Volumes average 208 pages and come from many different historians.
How many From Reason to Revolution books are there?
From Reason to Revolution has 96 books, released between 2017 and 2024.
From Reason to Revolution Books in Publication Order
The table lists all 96 From Reason to Revolution books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.
- 1Reminiscences 1808-1815 Under Wellington2017 · 161 pages · confirmed 2/420171612/4
- 2Glories to Useless Heroism2017 · confirmed 2/42017–2/4
- 3The Autobiography or Narrative of a Soldier2017 · 152 pages · confirmed 2/420171522/4
- 4Far Distant Ships: The Blockade of Brest, 1793-18152017 · 351 pages · confirmed 2/420173512/4
- 5Recollections from the Ranks2017 · 133 pages · confirmed 2/420171332/4
- 6On Gladsmuir Shall the Battle Be!2017 · 192 pages · confirmed 2/420171922/4
- 7The French Army of the Orient 1798-18012017 · 160 pages · confirmed 2/420171602/4
- 8Olmutz to Torgau: Horace St Paul and the Campaigns of the Austrian Army in the Seven Years War 1758-602018 · 707 pages · confirmed 2/420187072/4
- 9The Veteran or 40 Years' Service in the British Army2018 · 308 pages · confirmed 2/420183082/4
- 10Narrative of the Eventful Life of Thomas Jackson2018 · 134 pages · confirmed 2/420181342/4
- 11By Fire and Bayonet: Grey's West Indies Campaign of 17942018 · 244 pages · confirmed 2/420182442/4
- 12Murat's Army: The Army of the Kingdom of Naples 1806-18152018 · 120 pages · confirmed 2/420181202/4
- 13Next to Wellington: General Sir George Murray2018 · 408 pages · confirmed 2/420184082/4
- 14"Men who are Determined to be Free": The American Assault on Stony Point, 15 July 17792018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 15For Orange and the States Part I2018 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420181282/4
- 16With the Guards in Flanders: The Diary of Captain Roger Morris, 1793-17952018 · 148 pages · confirmed 2/420181482/4
- 17We are Accustomed to Do Our Duty: German Auxiliaries with the British Army 1793-952018 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420182082/4
- 18The Secret Expedition: The Anglo-Russian Invasion of Holland 17992018 · confirmed 2/42018–2/4
- 19A Light Infantryman with Wellington: The Letters of Captain George Ulrich Barlow 52nd and 69th Foot 1808-152018 · 312 pages · confirmed 2/420183122/4
- 20For Orange and the States: The Army of the Dutch Republic, 1713-1772: Part II: Cavalry and Special Troops2019 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420191282/4
- 21The Key to Lisbon: The Third French Invasion of Portugal, 1810-112019 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420192402/4
- 22Swiss Regiments in the Service of France 1798-18152019 · 148 pages · confirmed 2/420191482/4
- 23Command and Leadership 1721-18152019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 24Waterloo - After the Glory: Hospital Sketches and Reports on the Wounded after the Battle2019 · 264 pages · confirmed 2/420192642/4
- 25A Redcoat in America: The Diaries of Lieutenant William Bamford, 1757-1765 and 17762019 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420191282/4
- 26They Were Good Soldiers: African–Americans Serving in the Continental Army, 1775-17832019 · 210 pages · confirmed 2/420192102/4
- 27Quebec Under Siege: French Eye-Witness Accounts from the Campaign of 17592019 · 128 pages · confirmed 2/420191282/4
- 28Fluxes, Fevers and Fighting Men: War and Disease in Ancien Regime Europe 1648-17892019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 29Northern Tars in Southern Waters: The Russian Fleet in the Mediterranean, 1806-18102019 · 680 pages · confirmed 2/420196802/4
- 30King George’s Hangman: Henry Hawley and the Battle of Falkirk, 17462019 · 205 pages · confirmed 2/420192052/4
- 31So Bloody a Day: The 16th Light Dragoons in the Waterloo Campaign2019 · 197 pages · confirmed 2/420191972/4
- 33Zweybrücken in Command: The Reichsarmee in the Campaign of 17582019 · confirmed 2/42019–2/4
- 34Glory Is Fleeting: New Scholarship on the Napoleonic Wars2019 · 277 pages · confirmed 2/420192772/4
- 37They Fought with Extraordinary Bravery: The III GermanArmy Corps in the Southern Netherlands, 18142020 · 152 pages · confirmed 2/420201522/4
- 38Fashioning Regulation, Regulating Fashion: The Uniforms and Dress of the British Army 1800-1815: Volume II2020 · 296 pages · confirmed 2/420202962/4
- 39The Danish Army of the Napoleonic Wars 1801-1815. Organisation, Uniforms & Equipment: Volume 1 - High Command, Line and Light Infantry2020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 41Guerra Fantastica: The Portuguese Army in the Seven Years War2020 · 89 pages · confirmed 2/42020892/4
- 42Wellington at Bay: The Battle of Villamuriel, 25 October 18122020 · confirmed 2/42020–2/4
- 43Rebellious Scots to Crush: The Military Response to the Jacobite ‘452020 · 219 pages · confirmed 2/420202192/4
- 44Wellington’s Favourite Engineer: John Fox Burgoyne: Operations, Engineering, and the Making of a Field Marshal2020 · 331 pages · confirmed 2/420203312/4
- 45Life in the Red Coat: The British Soldier 1721-18152020 · 194 pages · confirmed 2/420201942/4
- 46Scharnhorst: The Formative Years, 1755-18012021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 47The Sieges of the '45: Siege Warfare during the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745-17462021 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/420211962/4
- 48Austrian Cavalry of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1792-18152021 · 313 pages · confirmed 2/420213132/4
- 49Sir James McGrigor: The Adventurous Life of Wellington's Chief Medical Officer2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 50At the Point of the Bayonet The Peninsular War Battles of Arroyomolinos and Almaraz 1811-18122021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 53The Sword and the Spirit: Proceedings of the first ‘War & Peace in the Age of Napoleon’2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 54The Sea Is My Element: The Eventful Life of Admiral Sir Pulteney Malcolm, 1766-18382021 · 384 pages · confirmed 2/420213842/4
- 55Their Infantry and Guns Will Astonish You: The Army of Hindustan and European Mercenaries in Maratha service 1780-18032021 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420212402/4
- 56Bullocks, Grain, and Good Madeira: The Maratha and Jat Campaigns, 1803-1806 and the Emergence of an Indian Arm2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 57For God and King: A History of the Damas Legion : A Case Study of the Military Emigration during the French Revolution2021 · 328 pages · confirmed 2/420213282/4
- 58Wellington and the Lines of Torres Vedras: The Defence of Portugal during the Peninsular War, 1807-18142021 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420212402/4
- 59Hastenbeck 1757: The French Army and the Opening Campaign of the Seven Years War2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 60Riflemen: The History of the 5th Battalion, 60th2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 61Like a Brazen Wall: The Battle of Minden, 1759, and its Place in the Seven Years War2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 62French Light Infantry 1784-1815: From the Chasseurs of Louis XVI to Napoleon’s Grande Armée2021 · 196 pages · confirmed 2/420211962/4
- 63Rebellion, Invasion and Occupation: The British Army in Ireland, 1793-18152021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 64These Distinguished Corps: British Grenadier and Light Infantry Battalions in the American Revolution2021 · confirmed 2/42021–2/4
- 65Lobositz to Leuthen: Horace St Paul and the Campaigns of the Austrian Army in the Seven Years War 1756-572022 · 536 pages · confirmed 2/420225362/4
- 66Napoleonic French Military Uniforms 1798-18142022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 67A Very Fine Regiment: The 47th Foot during the American War of Independence, 1773-17832022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 68No Want of Courage: The British Army in Flanders, 1793-17952022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 69Armies and Enemies of Napoleon, 1789-1815: Proceedings of the 2021 Helion and Company ’From Reason to Revolution’ Conference2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 70The Battle of Rossbach 1757: New Perspectives on the Battle and Campaign2022 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420222082/4
- 71The Army of the Kingdom of Italy, 1805-18142022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 72The Soldiers are Dressed in Red: The Quiberon Expedition of 1795 and the Counter-Revolution in Brittany2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 73From Ushant to Gibraltar: The Channel Fleet 1778-17832022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 741805 – Tsar Alexander\'s First War with Napoleon: The Russian Official History2022 · 140 pages · confirmed 2/420221402/4
- 75The Ottoman Army of the Napoleonic Wars, 1784-18152022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 76The Changing Face of Old Regime Warfare: Essays in Honour of Christopher Duffy2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 77More Furies Than Men2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 78All the Seas of the World2022 · confirmed 2/42022–2/4
- 79Ladies, Wives and Women: British Army Wives in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars 1793-18152022 · 248 pages · confirmed 2/420222482/4
- 80Wellington's Other Army2022 · 168 pages · confirmed 2/420221682/4
- 81New Perspectives on the Jacobite ’452023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 82Fit to Command2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 83The Pattern: The 33rd Regiment in the American Revolution, 1770-17832023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 841806-1807 - Tsar Alexander's Second War with Napoleon: The Russian Official History2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 85You Have to Die in Piedmont!: The Battle of Assietta, 19 July 1747. The War of the Austrian Succession in the Alps2023 · 240 pages · confirmed 2/420232402/4
- 86Wellington's Unsung Heroes: The Fifth Division in the Peninsular War, 1810-18142023 · 208 pages · confirmed 2/420232082/4
- 87Kesselsdorf 1745: Decision in the Fight for Silesia2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 88To Conquer and to Keep: Suchet and the War for Eastern Spain, 1809-18142023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 89The Bavarian War of Succession, 1778-792023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 90A Fine Corps and will Serve Faithfully: The Swiss Regiment de Roll in the British Army 1794-18162023 · 200 pages · confirmed 2/420232002/4
- 92The Tagus Campaign of 18092023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 93An Atlas of the Battles and Campaigns of the American Revolution, 1775-17832023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 94Maurice de Saxe and the Conquest of the Austrian Netherlands 1744-1748: Volume 1 - The Ghosts of Dettingen2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 95Confronting Napoleon: Levin von Bennigsen’s Memoir of the Campaign in Poland, 1806-1807: Volume II2023 · confirmed 2/42023–2/4
- 96Frontier Soldiers of New France: Volume 1 - Regulation Clothing, Armament, and Equipment of the Colonial Troops in New France2024 · confirmed 2/42024–2/4
Where to start with From Reason to Revolution
Start with Reminiscences 1808-1815 Under Wellington (2017), the earliest published title.
What is the newest From Reason to Revolution book?
Frontier Soldiers of New France: Volume 1 - Regulation Clothing, Armament, and Equipment of the Colonial Troops in New France (2024) is the newest From Reason to Revolution book released so far.
Is there a new From Reason to Revolution book coming?
No next From Reason to Revolution book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.
From Reason to Revolution at a glance
- Still running
- From Reason to Revolution is still running, with a title published as recently as 2024.
- Release pace
- From Reason to Revolution books have appeared more than one a year on average.
- Length
- 12,293 pages across the 50 of 96 books with a recorded length, a median of 208 pages each.
- Busiest decade
- Most From Reason to Revolution books, 61 of 96, were published in the 2020s.
- Attribution
- Of the 96 titles, 5 are credited to Andrew Bamford, 3 to Quintin Barry, 3 to Neil Cogswell and 3 to Robert Griffith. A further 67 writers are credited. 3 titles carry no credit.
What the From Reason to Revolution books are about
64 of the 96 From Reason to Revolution books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: history is tagged on 27 of 64. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.
- History 27 of 64 books
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 15 of 64 books
- Campaigns 11 of 64 books
- Great britain, army 10 of 64 books
- Military campaigns 9 of 64 books
- Biography 8 of 64 books
- Military history 8 of 64 books
- Armed Forces 6 of 64 books
- France, history 6 of 64 books
- Great Britain 6 of 64 books
- Germany, history 5 of 64 books
- Peninsular War, 1807-1814 5 of 64 books





















