Keith Matthews

Keith is history graduate and from an early age he has harboured an intense interest in the Napoleonic period. He is a ardent re-enactor and has been a member of a French Line regiment group for over 12 years. He has participated in many events including several bi-centennial re-enactments cumulating at Waterloo in 2015. He has also undertaken several detailed research visits to Napoleonic battlefields in Europe, including many relating to the peninsular war. He is particularly interested in the lives and stories of  individual soldiers from the Napoleonic period and has carried out extensive research using the military archives in Paris.

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