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| Title | : | Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March |
| Author | : | Adam Zamoyski |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 704 pages |
| Published | : | August 9th 2005 by Harper Perennial (first published August 3rd 2004) |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. Cultural. Russia. Military. Military History. War. Military Fiction. France |
Adam Zamoyski
Paperback | Pages: 704 pages Rating: 4.3 | 1713 Users | 128 Reviews
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Napoleon dominated nearly all of Europe by 1810, largely succeeding in his aim to reign over the civilized world. But Britain eluded him. To conquer the island nation, he needed Russia's Tsar Alexander's help. The Tsar refused, and Napoleon vowed to teach him a lesson by intimidation and force. The ensuing invasion of Russia, during the frigid winter of 1812, would mark the beginning of the end of Napoleon's empire. Although his army captured Moscow after a brutal march deep into hostile territory, it was a hollow victory for the demoralized troops. Napoleon's men were eventually turned back, and their defeat was a momentous turning point in world affairs. Dramatic, insightful, and enormously absorbing, Moscow 1812 is a masterful work of history.Details Books Toward Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March
| Original Title: | Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March |
| ISBN: | 006108686X (ISBN13: 9780061086861) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | International Napoleonic Society Literary Award (2004) |
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Ratings: 4.3 From 1713 Users | 128 ReviewsAssess Out Of Books Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March
An extremely well written description. Napoleon, so revered by almost everyone, was responsible for one million deaths of men women and children in this campaign alone.Top quote from Napoleon; "The severity of the Russian winter has been greatly exaggerated..." in October 1812, in Moscow. A month later the temperature fell to -37°C. A division of fresh troops sent out to reinforce Napoleon lost 2000 out of 10000 men on that night alone. Four days later there were only 10 left!Napoleon threw men around like toy soldiers and reading this remarkably compelling book youre left thinking what it was all about, so much waste and suffering. At the time he was considered a monster by many and a hero by many others, the world spirit even, and I think it was only because he burst onto the old European scene of Royal dictatorships and shook the whole medieval edifice finally loose and became a hero to the likes of the Romantic poets and Beethoven (for a while) that he was
This book explores the causes, circumstances, and aftermath of Napoleons disastrous invasion of Russia. Overall, the author did an admirable job describing the Russian invasion. He was able to get into the lives of the soldiers remarkably well. One of his themes is that Napoleon was not really defeated by Marshall Kutuzov. Zamoisky follows the thesis that the Russian weather destroyed Napoleon.I will not contend Zamoiskys thesis: it is hard to feed an army of 600,000 in the middle of one of the
A work about of Napoleon's vast objective, the invasion of Russia. The author tell us about disaster campaign and the horrible events described for the soldiers. Zamoyski also analysed the political run up to the campaign, maybe not enough detail on battle strategy. Well described and researched, the author also made an excellent use of the first hand accounts of the soldiers and witness the suffering like cannibalism; the best part of the book is about of the retreat, well described for example
Nobody knows the Napoleonic era better than Adam Zamoyski. This book reads like a novel and yet is thoroughly researched. Amazingly Zamoyski even finds something new to say about this absurd and famous moment in history. His use of the Aleksander Fredro archives greatly enhances the section on the retreat.I wish Tolstoy had read this book before starting the second volume of War and Peace, as Zamoyski clearly shows how the retreat should have been described. Tolstoy, however, was trying to
The real Master, the man to whom all is permitted, can storm Toulon, stage a massacre in Paris, forget about an army in Egypt, throw away half a million men in the Moscow expedition and then get away with a witty phrase in Vilna, marvels Raskolnikov in Crime and Punishment. Yet altars are erected to him after his death, for to such a man all is permitted. No, such people are clearly not made of flesh, but of bronze!
This book is like a train wreck. It's horrific but you can't look away. Napoleon's march to Russia was bleak, the battles poorly planned, the weather unbearable and the results all too true and verifiable. Brilliantly written.
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