Invasion of France, 1814: The Final Battles of the Napoleonic First Empire (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781846775802)

The history of the last days of Napoleonic France

In 1812 Napoleon set out with his greatest army upon his most ambitious campaign-the invasion of Imperial Russia. It became a disaster that cost him an entire army-a body of men and material that could never be replaced and by the time this disaster was compounded by the defeat of the 'Battle of the Nations' at Leipzig the decline of the First Empire was irreversible. What followed was a hard fought campaign as the French Army was driven back to and over it's borders and which would only end in the streets of Paris itself. Now with his back to the wall Napoleon would fight some of his final engagements and demonstrate once again the magnitude of his military genius. This is the history of that campaign and an essential book for students of the Napoleonic era.

Author: F. W. O. Maycock
ISBN-10: 1846775809
ISBN-13: 9781846775802
Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
Language: English
Published: 12/19/2008
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.50d