Ségur rode with Napoleon’s headquarters in 1812, and he dedicates his history to the veterans whom the ices of the North had disarmed. He traces the gathering of the Grand Army, the advance into Russia, Borodino, the burning of Moscow under Rostopchin and the catastrophic winter retreat, watching the Emperor’s moods and decisions at close range.
A vivid insider’s account of the most famous disaster in military history, still read for its drama and its portrait of Napoleon. Download the free EPUB.