From Battleground to Billiard Table
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This week, we learn about the final years of the Napoleonic era, poke around the exclusive gentlemen\\u2019s watering holes of Pall Mall, and discover how Roy Orbison ended up meeting his wife in Batley Variety Club.
\\u2019Napoleon: The decline and fall of an Empire, 1811-1821\\u2019 by Michael Broers
\\u2019Napoleon at Peace: How to end a revolution\\u2019 by William Doyle
\\u2018Behind Close Doors: The secret life of London\\u2019s private members\\u2019 clubs\\u2019 by Seth Alexander Th\\xe9voz
\\u2018Clubland: How the working men\'s club shaped Britain\\u2019 by Pete Brown
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