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Military History, Campaigns, Military leadership, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815
"Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the terrible retreat from Moscow were a military epic and a human tragedy on a colossal scale - history's first example of total war. But the war of 1812 was not just a war in defence of Russia: it was the climax to a long duel between two emperors for supremacy in Europe, and its outcome affected the course of the continent's history over the next two centuries."
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Epic, plot-driven, bleak and overwhelming.
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“As the first cannon shot thundered out from the guns drawn up before the Invalides on the morning of 20 March 1811, an extra-ordinary silence fell over Paris.”
Adam Zamoyski (born 11 January 1949) is a British historian and author. He has dual Polish-British nationality. Among his numerous books are *The Polish Way;* *Moscow 1812: Napoleon's Fatal March;* and *Chopin: Prince of the Romantics.*
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