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1812: The March on Moscow
Contributor(s): Britten Austin, Paul (Author)

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 ISBN: 1848327048     ISBN-13: 9781848327047
Publisher: Frontline Books
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: January 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- History | Modern - 19th Century
- History | Russia & The Former Soviet Union
- History | Military - Napoleonic Wars
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" L (1.50 lbs) 416 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 19th Century
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
 
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More than a third of a million men set out on that midsummer day of 1812: none can have imagined the terrors and hardships to come. They would be lured all the way to Moscow without having achieved the decisive battle Napoleon sought; and by the time they reached the city their numbers would already have dwindled by more than a third. One of the greatest disasters in military history was in the making.

The fruit of more than twenty years of research, this superbly crafted work skillfully blends the memoirs and diaries of more than a hundred eyewitnesses, all of whom took part in the Grand Army's doomed march to Moscow, to reveal the inside story of this landmark military campaign. The result is a uniquely authentic account in which the reader sees and experiences the campaign through the eyes of participants at each stage of the advance in enthralling day-by-day, sometimes hour-by-hour detail.

Contributor Bio(s): Britten Austin, Paul: - PAUL BRITTEN AUSTIN was born in Dawlish, South Devon. His parents were the writers Frederick B. A. King and Mildred King. He was educated at Winchester College. In 1951, he married novelist Margareta Bergman, sister of film director Ingmar Bergman. They lived in Stockholm, where he worked for Radio Sweden as head of English-language broadcasting. Paul Britten Austin spent twenty-five years researching and writing his vast study of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. His 1815 book follows the same principle of 'stitching together' eyewitness accounts to create an exciting narrative.
 
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