Napoleon's Russian Campaign

Time Reading Program, Chicago, IL, 1980. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine Condition. Second impression . Size: Octavo (standard book size). 295 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. In the summer of 1812 Napoleon gathered his fearsome Grande Armée, more than half a million strong, on the banks of the Niemen River. He was about to undertake the most daring of all his many campaigns: the invasion of Russia. Meeting only sporadic opposition and defeating it easily along the way, the huge army moved forward, advancing ineluctably on Moscow through the long hot days of summer. On September 14, Napoleon entered the Russian capital, fully anticipating the Czar’s surrender. Instead he encountered an eerily deserted city—and silence. The French army sacked the city, and by October, with Moscow in ruins and his supply lines overextended, and with the Russian winter upon him, Napoleon had no choice but to turn back. One of the greatest military debacles of all time had only just begun. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; European History; France; 19th century; History. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 9624. .