Starting with Bonaparte’s boyhood and early career, Gibbs works through each campaign in turn: Italy in 1796, Egypt, the crossing of the Alps and Marengo, Ulm and Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau, Friedland, Spain, Wagram and Russia. The narrative is enlivened throughout by battlefield stories drawn from the memoirs of Napoleon’s marshals and generals.
A popular, anecdote-rich military history for readers who want the campaigns told as stories rather than staff studies. Download the free EPUB.