With Napoleon's Guard in Russia: The Memoirs of Major Vionnet, 1812

by Louis Joseph Vionnet

Major Louis Joseph Vionnet's memoirs of Napoleon's disastrous 1812 campaign in Russia are readable, detailed, and full of personal anecdote and vivid glimpses into the life of the nineteenth-century soldier. His account concentrates in particular on the retreat from Moscow, but he was present at all the major actions and followed the entire course of the campaign from the opening moves in July 1812 to being chased through Prussia by bands of Cossacks...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848846355
• ISBN13: 9781848846357
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"