Title: Through Russian Snows
Subtitle: A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
First published: 1895
Description: Henty gives us two brothers as heroes, Frank and Julian Wyatt from Weymouth. Julian, through some fault of his own, is carried to France by smugglers and ends up in a French prison. Given the opportunity to fight for France in Germany, Julian agrees and is off to the invasion of Russia.
Brother Frank obtains a commission in the army in England, learns Russian, fights a duel, and is sent on detached service to Russia as aide-de-camp to Sir Robert Wilson.
Subjects: Juvenile fiction, Campaigns, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Fiction, historical, general, Napoleonic wars, 1800-1815, fiction, Adventure stories, Large type books, Historical Fiction, Classics, Guerres napoléoniennes, 1800-1815, Campagnes et batailles, Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse, Military campaigns, Fiction
Places: Russia
People: Napoleon I Emperor of the French (1769-1821)
LC classification: PZ7.H4 Tf