The Russian painter famous for his unflinching battle pictures follows Napoleon’s campaign of 1812 from the advance to the burning of Moscow, the Cossacks and the terrible retreat, drawing on memoirs to puncture legends about the emperor. The book also includes his own essays on progress in art and on realism.
An artist’s view of war and of Napoleon, written by the man who painted the series of canvases on the same theme. Download the free EPUB.