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Russia against napoleon: the true story of the campaigns of war and peace

By Dominic , Lieven

Book information

Publisher
Penguin
ISBN
1101429380, 9780143118862, 9781101429389
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
2 MB (2037300 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
History;HISTORY--Europe--Russia & the Former Sovie

Description

The first history of the epic defeat of Napoleon's empire told from the Russian perspective. Though much has been written about Napoleon's doomed invasion of Russia and the collapse of the French Empire that ensued, virtually all of it has been from the Western perspective. Now, taking advantage of never- before-seen documents from the Russian archives, Dominic Lieven upends much of the conventional wisdom about the events that formed the backdrop of Tolstoy's masterpiece, War and Peace. Lieven's riveting narrative sweeps readers through epic battles, tense diplomatic exchanges on which the fate of nations hung, and the rise of Russia from near-ruin to Europe's liberator. Rich in detail, Russia Against Napoleon is a groundbreaking masterwork.

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