- Military History, Campaigns, Military leadership, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
"Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the terrible retreat from Moscow were a military epic and a human tragedy on a colossal scale - history's first example of total war. But the war of 1812 was not just a war in defence of Russia: it was the climax to a long duel between two emperors for supremacy in Europe, and its outcome affected the course of the continent's history over the next two centuries."
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- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- Author
- Adam Zamoyski
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 644
- Publisher
- HARPERCOLLINS, HarperCollins, Harper Perennial
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English, und, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9780061086861
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- Military History
- Campaigns
- Military leadership
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Military leadership.
- Napoleon i, emperor of the french, 1769-1821, campaigns
- France, history, military
- Soviet union, history, military
- Moscow (russia), history
- Napoleon i, emperor of the french, 1769-1821
- Russia (federation), history
“As the first cannon shot thundered out from the guns drawn up before the Invalides on the morning of 20 March 1811, an extra-ordinary silence fell over Paris.”
Adam Zamoyski (born 11 January 1949) is a British historian and author. He has dual Polish-British nationality. Among his numerous books are *The Polish Way;* *Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March;* and *Chopin: Prince of the Romantics.*
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