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Napoleon's Polish Gamble
Christopher Summerville
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Napoleon's 1807 campaign against the Russians came close to being his first defeat. At Eylau the Emperor was outnumbered by the army of the Russian commander Bennigsen, yet he accepted battle. His reputation was saved by the flamboyant Murat, who led one of the greatest cavalry charges in history. Christopher Summerville's gripping account of this bitterly fought clash and of Napoleon's subsequent triumph at Friedland is the first extensive study of the campaign to be published for a century. The story is told in the concise, clear Campaign Chronicles format which records the action in vivid detail, day by ... Read more
Napoleon's 1807 campaign against the Russians came close to being his first defeat. At Eylau the Emperor was outnumbered by the army of the Russian commander Bennigsen, yet he accepted battle. His reputation was saved by the flamboyant Murat, who led one of the greatest cavalry charges in history. Christopher Summerville's gripping account of this bitterly fought clash and of Napoleon's subsequent triumph at Friedland is the first extensive study of the campaign to be published for a century. The story is told in the concise, clear Campaign Chronicles format which records the action in vivid detail, day by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
Barnsley, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844152605
SKU
V9781844152605
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About Christopher Summerville
Christopher Summerville is a leading authority on the Napoleonic Wars whose most recent work is his highly praised study of the Corunna campaign, March of Death. He has also edited new editions of Baron de Marbot memoirs and of Segur's classic history of Napoleon's 1812 campaign
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