Peter Hofschröer is a historian who specialises in the Napoleonic Wars

Napoleonic Wars

The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...

. He is a graduate of King's College London

King's College London

King's College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. King's has a claim to being the third oldest university in England, having been founded by King George IV and the Duke of Wellington in 1829, and...

 and currently lives in Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

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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

War in History

War In History is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers in the field of International Relations. The journal's editors are Denis Showalter and Hew Strachan...

, the Journal of the Society of Army Historical Research, First Empire, Military Illustrated

Military Illustrated

Military Illustrated is a long-running military history magazine formerly published in the United Kingdom by Publishing News Ltd. From September 2007 publication was taken over by ADH Publishing who unfortunately only took it over to make a bit of quick cash from the subscribers and consequently...

, 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

Fields of Glory

Fields of Glory is a real-time strategy video game published by MicroProse in 1993. In the game players can re-enact several famous battles in Napoleon's Waterloo campaign. The battles in the game are fought in real-time, and strive to create a sense of realism.-External links:*...

, published by MicroProse

MicroProse

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He regularly presents papers at gatherings such as the Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, the Wellington Congress, at the National Army Museum

National Army Museum

The National Army Museum is the British Army's central museum. It is located in the Chelsea district of central London, England adjacent to the Royal Hospital Chelsea, the home of the "Chelsea Pensioners". The National Army Museum is open to the public every day of the year from 10.00am to 5.30pm,...

, Royal United Services Institute

Royal United Services Institute

The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies , officially still known by its old name, the Royal United Services Institution, is a British defence and security think tank. It was founded in 1831 by The Duke of Wellington.RUSI describes itself asIt won Prospect Magazine's...

, 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.

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 reserve, militia & irregular troops 1806-15	Osprey Men-at-Arms
1989	Hanover Electorate of Hanover The Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg was the ninth Electorate of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation... ian Army of the Napoleonic Wars	Osprey Men-at-Arms
1993	Leipzig 1813	Osprey Campaign Series
1998	1815 – The Waterloo Campaign Vol. 1 (Wellington his German Allies and the Battles of Ligny Battle of Ligny The Battle of Ligny was the last victory of the military career of Napoleon I. In this battle, French troops of the Armée du Nord under Napoleon's command, defeated a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, near Ligny in present-day Belgium. The bulk of the Prussian army survived, however, and...  and Quatre Bras Battle of Quatre Bras The Battle of Quatre Bras, between Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army and the left wing of the Armée du Nord under Marshal Michel Ney, was fought near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815.- Prelude :... )	Greenhill
1999	1815 – The Waterloo Campaign Vol. 2 (The German victory, from Waterloo Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...  to the fall of Napoleon)	Greenhill
2001	Lützen & Bautzen (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	Waterloo 1815 - Quatre Bras & Ligny	Pen & Sword
2006	Waterloo 1815: & and the Race to Paris	Pen & Sword
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

External links

• "Peter Hofschröer", Preußische Heeresbibliothek 15/11/99
• "The Prussians and Wellington in Waterloo in 1815",