Napoleon and the Archduke Charles

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Biographies & Memoirs

PETRE, F. Loraine

Leaders & Notable People

Kessinger Publishing

Octavo, [20cm/8in], full sea green cloth sans dust jacket, pp. 413, indexed.Fully illustrated with b-w halftones and 5 maps.

Napoleon & the Archduke Charles: A history of the Franco-Austrian campaign in the valley of the Danube in 1809

History

Europe

Hippocrene Books

Napoleon's Campaign in Poland, 1806-07: a military history of Napoleon's first was with Russia

Arms and Armour

Napoleon's Last Campaign in Germany, 1813-The Beginning of the End of the Napoleonic Era

<p>The War of the Sixth Coalition<br><br>There are of course, many histories available on the Napoleonic era but the first distinction offered by this one must be the widely acknowledged regard with which its author, F. Loraine Petre is still held. Petre wrote several histories of the period and all are recognised as scholarship of the highest order and his contribution to the subject has rarely been surpassed in the years since their original publication. Napoleon's German campaign was decisive for the aspirations of the Emperor, France and the imperial allies that were resolved to bring him to ruin. All his hubris had brought about his greatest defeat as a consequence of the debacle that was the invasion of Russia and the retreat from Moscow. Most significantly, the avenging Russian army in concert with its finest ally, the bitter winter had deprived Napoleon, by the usages of war, disease and lethal cold, of virtually all the resources he had employed in his venture-a massive Grand Armee that could not be readily replaced for employment in future enterprises. Now with only a gallant army of 200, 000 men he had to fight against the odds in a contest which would prove too much for even his legendary personal military talents and further demonstrate the weaknesses of his lieutenants when in independent command. A series of battles would be fought in Germany at Saale, Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden, Dennewitz and finally at Leipzig and Hanau where defeat would propel the French into a retreat which would set them on the road back to the Paris and abdication of the Emperor. These are the battles of the beginning of the end of the First Empire of the French recounted by one of its finest historians. Essential for every student of the period. Available in soft cover and hard cover.</p>

Military

Leonaur Ltd

The War of the Sixth CoalitionThere are of course, many histories available on the Napoleonic era but the first distinction offered by this one must be the widely acknowledged regard with which its author, F. Loraine Petre is still held. Petre wrote several histories of the period and all are recognised as scholarship of the highest order and his contribution to the subject has rarely been surpassed in the years since their original publication. Napoleon's German campaign was decisive for the aspirations of the Emperor, France and the imperial allies that were resolved to bring him to ruin. All his hubris had brought about his greatest defeat as a consequence of the debacle that was the invasion of Russia and the retreat from Moscow. Most significantly, the avenging Russian army in concert with its finest ally, the bitter winter had deprived Napoleon, by the usages of war, disease and lethal cold, of virtually all the resources he had employed in his venture-a massive Grand Armee that could not be readily replaced for employment in future enterprises. Now with only a gallant army of 200, 000 men he had to fight against the odds in a contest which would prove too much for even his legendary personal military talents and further demonstrate the weaknesses of his lieutenants when in independent command. A series of battles would be fought in Germany at Saale, Lutzen, Bautzen, Dresden, Dennewitz and finally at Leipzig and Hanau where defeat would propel the French into a retreat which would set them on the road back to the Paris and abdication of the Emperor. These are the battles of the beginning of the end of the First Empire of the French recounted by one of its finest historians. Essential for every student of the period. Available in soft cover and hard cover.

xi 403p hardback, clean pages, firm binding, small tear to dustjacket edge, a very good copy overall

NAPOLEON'S LAST CAMPAIGN IN GERMANY - 1813

Arms_and_Armour_Press

Napoleon's campaign in Poland, 1806-7: A military history of Napoleon's first war with Russia, verified from unpublished official documents

Presidio Press

Napoleon's conquest of Prussia, 1806

Napoleon at bay 1814

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