Author: Eugène LabaumePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Crime of 1812 and Its Retribution
Author: Eugène LabaumePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The Crime of 1812 and Its Retribution
Author: Eugène LabaumePublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780282461584
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
Excerpt from The Crime of 1812 and Its Retribution: A New Rendering Into English of Labaume's "Relation Circonstanciee De La Campagne De Russie En 1812" The most striking chapters in the book are those which describe the ghastly catastrophe of the headlong rush of the wreck of the Grand Army across the territory which Napoleon had desolated. Like a wounded mastodon, crippled and bleeding at every pore, the once invincible army staggers blindly, madly, through the snow, intent only on escape, until at last, a mere shadow of its former self, starving, frost-bitten, despairing, it reaches safety in Prussia. More vivid word-painting may be found else where, but here are the words of a man who saw it all and who tells us what he saw. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Crime of 1812 and Its Retribution
Author: Eugene LabaumePublisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781017996203
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
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The Crime of 1812 and Its Retribution
Author: Eugène LabaumePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Russia
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
The Crime of 1812 and Its Retribution. A New Rendering Into English of Labaume's "Relation Circonstanciée de la Campagne de Russie en 1812" by T. Dundas Pillans. With an Introduction by W.T. Stead
Author: Eugène LABAUME1812
Author: Paul Britten AustenPublisher: Frontline Books
ISBN: 184832703X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 263
Book Description
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 Napoleons catastrophic invasion of Russia. After the fires died down the army settled in the ruins of Moscow; for five weeks Napoleon waited at the Kremlin, expecting his 'brother the Tsar' in St Petersburg to capitulate and make peace, while in fact the Russian Army was gathering its strength. At the same time Murat's cavalry, the advance guard, was encamped in dreadful conditions three days' march away at Winkowo, where it was being starved to death. When Napoleon eventually realized the futility of his plans and prepared to leave Moscow, his advance guard was surprised by a Russian attack. The most astounding exodus in modern times ensued. 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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Author: The Bookman
Author: Bulletin of the Public Library of the City of Boston
Author: Boston Public LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 806
Book Description
Historical Dictionary of the Napoleonic Era
Author: George F. NafzigerPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 081086617X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 387
Book Description
The author covers one of the most explosive and most exciting periods of world history, spanning the time from the eruption of the French Revolution through the end of the Napoleonic wars (1789-1815). These twenty-six years of history saw the birth of nationalism and Western democracy, economic crisis and political convulsion, the growth of industrialism, the death of ancient traditions, and the birth and break-up of empire. It was the time of Napoleon, who gave his name to this period of tremendous change: the period in which the roots of modern Europe were planted. This work is intended as a broad review, devoting a majority of its attention to the military and political events and personalities of the period, while also surveying the major artistic, social and cultural events and personalities that formed this period.