Adam zamoyskis bestselling account of napoleons invasion of russia and his catastrophic retreat from moscow, events that had a profound effect on european history. The threat of revolution and the repression of liberty 17891848, 2014, etc. Napoleons russian campaign of 1812 is legendary and rightfully so. Adam zamoyski was born in new york but has spent most of his life in england. When the tsar refused, he marched to invade russia in winter which marked the end of his regime. A freelance historian with a singular command of languages, he has written a bestselling history of poland, as well as three books of military history and three biographies.
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Over the years there have been few books in english on the congress of vienna. Adam zamoyski is a british historian of polish origin. This is a brutal endurancetest as well as a necessary revision of certain historical presumptions, especially for the anglophone world. Aug 03, 2004 he shows how the relationship between napoleon and tsar alexander came to distort their alliance and bring about a war that neither man wanted. Adam zamoyskis bestselling account of napoleons invasion of russia and his catastrophic retreat from moscow, events th. Adam zamoyski project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks. By throwing in the personal accounts of participants of the events he describes, he makes his books not only very readable, but also very real in the sense of emotional content and context of those days. His book, phantom terror, the threat of revolution and the repression of liberty, is a study of europe following the french revolution and the influences of the. Napoleons fatal march on moscow ebook by adam zamoyski. Napoleon bonaparte is one of those larger than life figures who becomes a myth, a hero, and a villain, and in the process the true human being often disappears. The first writer in english to go back to the original european sources adam zamoyski s portrait of napoleon is historical biography at its finest. The ensuing invasion of russia, during the frigid winter of 1812, would mark the beginning of the end of napoleons empire. Napoleons fatal march on moscow ebook written by adam zamoyski.
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