The diary of a Napoleonic foot soldier
By: Jakob Walter ; edited and with an introduction by Marc Raeff.
Contributors: Raeff, Marc.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 1991
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
Subjects: Walter, Jakob, 1788-1864.; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries.; Germany. Heer -- Biography.; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Personal narratives, German.; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Russia.; Soldiers -- Germany -- Biography.
Description: The only known memoir by a draftee of the campaigns of Napoleon's Grand Army between 1806 and 1813.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-170).
Translation of: Denkwurdige Geschichtschreibung über die erlebte Millitäridienstzeit des Verfassers dieses Schreibens.