The Retreat from Moscow - Folio Society edition

The Retreat from Moscow

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The Retreat from Moscow - Folio Society edition
Folio Society
Biography & True Stories

The Retreat from Moscow

Adrien Bourgogne

Edition year 1985
Binding Cloth
Translator J. W. Fortescue
Weight 1 Kg
Pages 262
Dimensions 25.3 × 16.2 cm

Edition details

The Retreat from Moscow; The Memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne 1812-1813. Translated by J. W. Fortescue. Introduction by Vincent Cronin. 16 pages of reproductions of nineteenth-century paintings and etchings. Map endleaves printed blue on cream. Page tops stained blue. Bound in blue-green cloth blocked with a wrap-around contemporary etching in black. Pale brown slipcase. 25.3x16.2cm. 262pp.

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The Retreat from Moscow recounts the catastrophic withdrawal of Napoleon's Grande Armée from Russia in 1812. After advancing deep into Russian territory and occupying a largely abandoned Moscow, Napoleon discovered that his army lacked the supplies and security necessary to remain. The retreat became one of the most terrible episodes in military history. Soldiers struggled through freezing temperatures, hunger, exhaustion and repeated attacks while thousands died along the route. The account captures both the enormous scale of the disaster and the suffering experienced by individuals caught within it.

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