Napoleon's Expedition to Russia
Subtitle: The Memoirs of General de Segur
Contributors: Christopher Summerville (Editor)
Edition: 1st Carroll & Graf Ed edition
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: April 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780786711741
Subjects: Warfare & Defence; World history; Russia; Military; Europe - Russia & the Former Soviet Union; Campaigns; Military - Napoleonic Wars; History; History - Military / War; I,; General; Europe - France; History / Europe / Western; 1769-1821; Military - General; Napoleon; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815; Emperor of the French,
First sentence: Napoleon took to the road in 1812 like some ageing rock star embarking on a farewell tour: overweight and out of condition; prone to tantrums and surrounded by sycophants; his self-belief bloated by sixteen years of success.