| Description |
xxiii, 596 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Illustrations -- 1812 and all that -- Revolution and war -- Unintended consequences -- The world turned upside down -- Alexander and Amiens -- Russia's road to war -- Austerlitz -- Prussia's gambit -- The bloodbath in the snow -- Friedland -- Tilsit -- At the crossroads -- Death of an alliance -- War or peace? -- The greatest enterprise -- Invasion -- Moscow -- Retreat -- The Russians March West -- Disaster in Germany -- On to Paris! -- A new, old Europe -- Napoleon, Russia and Europe -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index |
| Summary |
"Napoleon and Russia tells, for the first time, the full story of Napoleon and his crucial relationship with Russia, from the 1790s and Bonaparte's rise to power, through the period of Austerlitz, Tilsit and the Russian invasion, to the Emperor's fall and its aftermath. In doing so, it not only puts the critical events of 1812 in their proper context as part of an even greater tale - of peace as well as war, friendship as well as enmity - but also provides insight into the Napoleonic period as a whole, questioning many of the assumptions about the era prevalent in the English-speaking world."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-571) and index |
| Subject |
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Military leadership.
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Russia.
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| SUBJECT |
France -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051227 -- Russia.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80001203
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Russia -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh92004162 -- France.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79006404
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| LC no. |
2007296698 |
| ISBN |
1852854588 (hbk.) |
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9781852854584 (hbk.) |
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