In the service of the tsar against Napoleon
Subtitle: the memoirs of Denis Davidov, 1806-1814
By: translated and edited by Gregory Troubetzkoy.
Contributors: Troubetzkoy, Gregory.
Publisher: Greenhill Books; Stackpole Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; [Mechanicsburg, Pa.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
Subjects: Davydov, Denis Vasilʹevich, 1784-1839.; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Contemporaries.; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Adversaries.; Russia. Armii͡a︡ -- Biography.; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Russia -- Personal narratives, Russian.; Soldiers -- Russia -- Biography.; Authors, Russian -- 19th century -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Denis Davidov was an officer of hussars, a partisan, a Russian hero and the inspiration for the character Denisov in Tolstoys epic War and Peace. Here, for the very first time in English, are his captivating memoirs which, with dash and lan, convey the Russian perspective on this cataclysmic conflict. Davidovs memoirs cover the confrontation between the French and Russians in Prussia in 18067, including the horrific battle of Eylau; the Russian invasion of Finland in 1808; the French invasion of Russia in 1812; and the War of Liberation in Germany in 181314. The memoirs cover the 1812 campaign in particular in great detail as it was here that Davidov made his legendary reputation. Gregory Troubetzkoy is an expert on Russian aspects of the Napoleonic Wars."--Publishers description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]) and index.