num_pages: 325
description: At a time when military commanders in Europe were royal princes and dukes, Napoleon's marshals were often the sons of peasants or clerks. And they were usually half the age of their opponents—whom they thrashed soundly with almost monotonous regularity. This is the story of Ney, Murat, Soult, Davout, Bernadotte, Massena, Lannes, Marmont, and Augereau. It took, for instance, only 23 days for the entire Prussian army to be defeated and one of the French marshals, Augereau, had the pleasure of taking prisoner the feared Prussian Guards, a regiment he had deserted 20 years earlier in order to become a dancing master. A.G. Macdonell is also the author of England, their England.
language: English
title: Napoleon and his Marshals
titlecomplete: Napoleon and his Marshals
characters: Napoléon Bonaparte
genres: 19th Century, Military History, Biography, France, History, War, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 131
places: France
publisher: Prion Books Ltd.