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With Napoleon in Russia
Faber du Faur, Christian Wilhelm von, 1780-1857 - Author
London : Greenhill Books ; Mechanicsburg : Stackpole Books, 2001 - 208 s. : il., mapy ; 27x34 cm
ISBN 1-85367-454-0
North, Jonathan - Editor
Napoleon I., francouzský císař, 1769-1821
osobnosti války vojevůdci
monografieCall number B 45.845 Umístění Title statement With Napoleon in Russia : the illustrated memoirs of Faber du Faur, 1812 / edited and translated by Jonathan North Main entry-name Faber du Faur, Christian Wilhelm von, 1780-1857 (Author) Issue data London : Greenhill Books ; Mechanicsburg : Stackpole Books, 2001 Phys.des. 208 s. : il., mapy ; 27x34 cm ISBN 1-85367-454-0 Internal Bibliographies/Indexes Note Obsahuje bibliografii Another responsib. North, Jonathan (Editor)
Subj. Headings Napoleon I., francouzský císař, 1769-1821 * osobnosti * války * vojevůdci * dějiny Francie * dějiny Ruska * vojenská tažení Form, Genre monografie Conspect 355/359 - Vojenství. Obrana země. Ozbrojené síly UDC 355 , 929 , 94(44) , 94(470+571) Country Velká Británie Language angličtina Document kind BOOKS This handsome book is a unique record of Napoleon's invasion of Russia by Faber du Faur, a talented artist and front-line soldier. It combines his detailed, accurate and compelling illustrations of scenes recorded as they actually happened with his vivid and gripping memoirs of the campaign. The result is a superb and remarkably detailed evocation of 1812, from the sweeping battle scenes which capture the ordeal of Smolensk and Borodino, to the day-to-day struggle to keep campfires burning and famished men fed. Faber du Faur's plates - admired and highly-regarded primary source material - are here presented, for the first time, complete and in full color. His moving and frank memoirs, edited and translated by Jonathan North, are accompanied by a detailed campaign history and biography of the artist. Napoleon's invasion of Russia is a legendary campaign and a captivating story of endurance, survival and the rigors of total war. Few of the 500,000 men to cross the Niemen in July 1812 were to survive - the French army was decimated by the advance into the heart of Russia, and almost completely destroyed in the epic retreat from Moscow. With Napoleon in Russia is a unique presentation of this epic and an unforgettable depiction of the horrors of war. Zdroj anotace: Web obalkyknih.czLoading…
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