1914 Napoleon's Russian Campaign of 1812

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

In the publisher's original navy cloth binding.

This volume is a first edition, first impression of this work. 

This edition is richly illustrated with 32 contemporary paintings and portraits plus detailed battle plans, and three folding maps, including two theatre-of-war fold-out maps at the end of the volume. Collated, complete.

Foord provides “a straightforward narrative … rather than a huge essentially technical work,” drawing on thousands of French War Office documents newly published before 1914, the first Russian archival releases, and private memoirs on both sides.

Foord covers politics and diplomacy, Opposing armies and commanders, Advance to Smolensk and Borodino, Occupation and burning of Moscow, Retreat: Maloyaroslavets to Berezina, before analyzing the losses and strategic results.