description: Though there are numerous surviving accounts of the Napoleonic Wars written by officers, this is the only known account by a common soldier of Napoleon's Grand Army.Jakob Walter was an 18-year-old German stonemason who was conscripted into the Prussian and Polish campaigns; his journal covers the campaigns from 1806 to 1813, the awful conditions the soldiers endured, and the retreat back to France.It is a unique and fascinating document - a compelling chronicle of a young soldier's loss of innocence as well as a moving portrait of the profound effects of war on the men who fight it.
language: English
title: The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
titlecomplete: The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
genres: Historical, Biography, War, Memoir, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Military History, Biography Memoir, Military Fiction, History
ratings_count: 684
publisher: Doubleday