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Great look at what happened in Russia
A good account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia

Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March
Adam Zamoyski
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 006108686X
Release Date: 2005-08-09

Book Description

Napoleon dominated nearly all of Europe by 1810, largely succeeding in his aim to reign over the civilized world. But Britain eluded him. To conquer the island nation, he needed Russia's Tsar Alexander's help. The Tsar refused, and Napoleon vowed to teach him a lesson by intimidation and force. The ensuing invasion of Russia, during the frigid winter of 1812, would mark the beginning of the end of Napoleon's empire. Although his army captured Moscow after a brutal march deep into hostile territory, it was a hollow victory for the demoralized troops. Napoleon's men were eventually turned back, and their defeat was a momentous turning point in world affairs. Dramatic, insightful, and enormously absorbing, Moscow 1812 is a masterful work of history.

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Totally X-Rated.......2007-03-30

Adam Zamoyski truly brings to life the entire campaign of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The style of writing is so captivating and truly X-Rated in many areas (so vivid and gruesome). Gives very good account of how Napoleon can amass so a huge army only to loose almost 90% of it to war, starvation, summer heat (at first) and to "General Frost" (at last)..... How could a man of Napoleon's talent succumb to so many bad decisions in war? Read on! Such a great read indeed!

Napoleon's fatal march.......2007-03-07

This is a thorough book about Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812. The battles of Borodino and other battles are vividly described. Mr Zomoyski also excellently describes the horrible French retreat. It's worth reading!

dont believe the bad press, read this book.......2007-02-02

This is a wonderful book. Contrary to some of the other reviews, Zamoyski's scholarship is sound in every respect. Although this story had been told in English, French, German and Russian many times before, this synthesis adds value. Those who have read other accounts of this disastrous campaign are encouraged not to let their knowledge of the topic keep them from the new insights offered in this book.

Zamoyski does a masterful job of showing the reader how the myths of this campaign came to be--General Winter, the almost mystical celebration of the Russian Spirit, the hubris of Napoleon--and then provides rare insight into the rest of the story. Zamoyski relies on a broad array of previous scholarship, including extensive use of memoirs, as well as new sources. His account of the retreat is perhaps the best that exists in English today.

The collapse of the French army in this account is more the result of a complex of factors whose origin lay not in the brutal and bitter Russian Winter--but rather in serious military and logisitic miscaluculations by Napoleon prior to and during the campaign. In one sense, this campaign reflects Napoleon's generalship at its worst, and in a situation where he needed his best effort most. Nevertheless, from the first pages one feels that one is reading about a doomed army as a litany of errors and mistakes begin their dark parade toward Moscow and then back again.

This book is not for the squeamish. The horrors of the retreat are simply unimaginable. Recent archealogical evidence in Lithuania supports Zamoyski's speculation that the remains of the Grand Armee literally had a sort of group nervous breakdown around Vilna that ensured the death of many thousands who seem to have made it mirculously out of Russia...only to die in the first place they thought themselves at last safe from the cossacks and the winter. A great read and great prose, this book is recommended for the widest possible audience.

Great look at what happened in Russia.......2006-12-15

Moscow 1812: Napoleons Fatal March by Adam Zamyoski
Napoleon's decision to attack Russia was one of two downfalls of his empire. This book explores that downfall in several different lights but hits upon two the most important ones that are worth mentioning. First and foremost Napoleon did not have the supplies or the understanding of the fight he was going into. Secondly he waited far to long in Moscow which had been practically burned to the ground. By the time he decided to leave it was too late. This book goes into the military, social and political implications of Napoleon's Fatal March and gives an excellent account of what happened there. The book is very well written and holds the readers interest. This really is a must have for a Napoleonic Library.

A good account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia.......2006-10-03

I did not find much new in this book. But its certainly a well thoughout study of the invasion.

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1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow
Adam Zamoyski
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow
Adam Zamoyski
Manufacturer: HarperCollins Publishers
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O8UGES

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Moscow 1812 : Napoleon's Fatal March
Adam Zamoyski
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEMZRS

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1812 NAPOLEONS FATAL MARCH ON MOSCOW
Adam Zamoyski
Manufacturer: HarperPerennial
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000O8RTZM

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