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Lire Magazine Best Travel Book
Take four friends, put them on two Ural motorcycles (complete with sidecars), send them off on a 2,500-mile odyssey retracing history's most famous retreat, add what some might consider an excessive amount of Vodka, and you've got Sylvain Tesson's Berezina, a riotous and erudite book that combines travel, history, comradery, and adventure.
The retreat of Napoleon's Grande Arm e from Russia culminated, after a humiliating loss, with the crossing of the River Berezina, a word that henceforth became synonymous with unmitigated disaster for the French and national pride for the Russians. Two hundred years after this battle, Sylvain Tesson and his friends retrace Napoleon's retreat, along the way reflecting on the lessons of history, the meaning of defeat, and the realities of contemporary Europe. A great read for history buffs and for anyone who has ever dreamed of an adventure that is out of the ordinary.
Author: Sylvain Tesson
ISBN-10: 1609455541
ISBN-13: 9781609455545
Publisher: Europa Compass
Language: English
Published: 11/05/2019
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.60w x 0.80d
Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/15/2019 pg. 16
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2019
Shelf Awareness 12/20/2019
Sylvain Tesson has traveled the world by bicycle, train, horse, and motorcycle, and on foot. His bestselling accounts of his travels have won numerous prizes, including the Dolman Best Travel Book Award. Berezina is his first book to appear in English.
Katherine Gregor translates from Italian, Russian and French. She is also a playwright and a fiction writer and maintains a regular blog at scribedoll.wordpress.com.
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