TILSIT IN 1807 – WAS IT THE COLD THAT DESTROYED THE FRENCH ARMY IN 1812?
TILSIT IN 1807 – WAS IT THE COLD THAT DESTROYED...

TILSIT IN 1807 – WAS IT THE COLD THAT DESTROYED THE FRENCH ARMY IN 1812?

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Translated into French for the first time, the previously unpublished account of the meeting on the Niemen between Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon, and of the fraternisation celebrations between Russian and French soldiers, by a Russian officer present on the scene. In the second part, an essay by that same witness, Denis Davydov, who, some years after Napoleon's defeat in Russia, attempts to explain the reasons for that catastrophic campaign… was the snow responsible for the defeat of the French army? Introduction by a leading Russian historian, formerly editor-in-chief of the journal "Gloire et Empire". Colour plates included.


 

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Author 1
Denis Davydov
Publication date
June 2020
Pages
104
Cover
Paperback
Language
French
Publisher
L'Esprit du Temps

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