1812 Napoleon in Moscow - Brossura

Austin, Paul Britten

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ISBN 10: 184832703X ISBN 13: 9781848327030

Casa editrice: Frontline Books, 2013

Riassunto

At the gates of Moscow, Napoleon's Grand Army prepares to enter in triumphal procession. But what it finds is a city abandoned by its inhabitants – save only the men who emerge to fan the flames as incendiary fuses hidden throughout the empty buildings of Moscow set the city alight. For three days Moscow burned, while looters dodged the fires to plunder and pillage. And so begins 1812: Napoleon in Moscow, Paul Britten Austin's atmospheric second volume in his acclaimed trilogy on Napoleon’s catastrophic invasion of Russia.

Drawing on eyewitness accounts this study recreates this disastrous military campaign in all its death and glory.

1812: Napoleon in Moscow follows on from the brilliant 1812: The March on Moscow, which took Napoleon's army across Europe to the great city. Paul Britten Austin brings this next phase of the epic campaign to life with characteristic verve. Drawing on hundreds of eyewitness accounts by French and allied soldiers of Napoleon's army, this brilliant study recreates this disastrous military campaign in all its death and glory.

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Recensione:

' ... Already heralded as a classic ... The text is enriched with first-hand accounts which bring the whole narrative to life with an air of stark realism ... Britten Austin's trilogy truly ranks as a masterpiece, representing all that is to be admired in a research-based work' --Waterloo Journal

What a vivid account this is! . . . Thoroughly enjoyable --Military Illustrated

A brilliant insight into men at war. The book is almost as epic as the campaign --David G. Chandler

L'autore:

PAUL BRITTEN AUSTIN (April 5, 1922 July 25, 2005) was a well-respected author on many subjects, and also a noted translator, particularly from Swedish. He was awarded several prizes from the Swedish Academy for his work, as well as an honorary doctorate and knighthood of the Order of the North Star.

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• Editore: Frontline Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 184832703X
• ISBN 13: 9781848327030
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 264