1812: Napoleon's fatal march on Moscow pdf

Mr Adam ZAMOYSKI is an award-winning British historian and author of the best-selling epic "1812. Napoleon’s Fatal March on Moscow" and its sequel "Rites of Peace. The Fall of Napoleon and the Congress of Vienna". Mr ZAMOYSKI has published several other acclaimed books on key figures and aspects of European and world history. His comprehensive history of Poland, "The Polish Way", not only featured in the best seller lists for several weeks when it came out in 1987, but has never been out of print since. He is also a distinguished commentator and reviewer, and has contributed to all the major British papers and periodicals and lectured widely in England, Europe and the United States.

1812: Napoleon's fatal march on Moscow pdf by Adam Zamoyski

Adam Zamoyski's bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history. In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in history and marched on Moscow with the intention of consolidating his dominion. But within months, Napoleon's invasion of Russia ' history's first example of total war ' had turned into an epic military disaster. Over 400,000 French and Allied troops perished and Napoleon was forced to retreat. Adam Zamoyski's masterful work draws on the harrowing first-hand accounts of soldiers and civilians on both sides of the conflict. The result takes the reader beyond the invasion of Russia to present both a poignant tale of the individual foot soldier and a sweeping history of a turbulent time.