Napoleonic Campaigns
We are, in short, before a book of extraordinary interest for
lovers of military history, which features a detailed study of the
Napoleonic battles, accompanied by numerous graphic diagrams
on the situation of the armies and the development of the combats in
each of them». Luis Ribot El Cultural
On June 18, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated
in the more than famous Battle of Waterloo. That day marked the final
twilight of the Napoleonic empire that had made Europe tremble since
1799. More than 15 years of continuous war that forged the
imperishable legend of the Corsican general across France to Russia, passing
through Egypt, Italy or Spain.
Napoleon's Campaigns by David Chandler is the most important
and complete book ever written about all the emperor's
war operations. A work of the highest scientific caliber but
accessible to all readers, on Napoleon's complete career,
which allows us to understand the war strategies that led him
to enjoy so many years of victories and that also led him to
the final defeat.
Napoleon's Campaigns features more than seventy maps specially
drawn for this reference book, in addition to various
appendices and diagrams, which contribute to the understanding of that unparalleled
personality on the battlefield.
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We are, in short, before a book of extraordinary interest for
lovers of military history, which features a detailed study of the
Napoleonic battles, accompanied by numerous graphic diagrams
on the situation of the armies and the development of the combats in
each of them». Luis Ribot El Cultural
On June 18, 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte was finally defeated
in the more than famous Battle of Waterloo. That day marked the final
twilight of the Napoleonic empire that had made Europe tremble since
1799. More than 15 years of continuous war that forged the
imperishable legend of the Corsican general across France to Russia, passing
through Egypt, Italy or Spain.
Napoleon's Campaigns by David Chandler is the most important
and complete book ever written about all the emperor's
war operations. A work of the highest scientific caliber but
accessible to all readers, on Napoleon's complete career,
which allows us to understand the war strategies that led him
to enjoy so many years of victories and that also led him to
the final defeat.
Napoleon's Campaigns features more than seventy maps specially
drawn for this reference book, in addition to various
appendices and diagrams, which contribute to the understanding of that unparalleled
personality on the battlefield.