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Austerlitz 1805 (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

Austerlitz 1805 (Cassell Military Paperbacks)

by Dr Christopher Duffy (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

    $25.90
Synopsis

A detailed and definitive account of one of the most important episodes of the Napoleonic Wars Description of the battle known to millions through Tolstoy's graphic recreation of the battle in War and Peace

$25.90

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: Reprint
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 07 Oct 1999
ISBN 10: 0304352799
ISBN 13: 9780304352791
Book Overview: In 1805, over the course of just three ruthless months, Napoleon projected his army from the Channel coast into the heart of central Europe, virtually destroying the Austrian and Russian armies on the way. The Battle of Austerlitz, on December 2nd of that year, was the greatest victory of Napoleon's Grande Armee, and as such is one of the most important episodes of the Napoleonic Wars. In this book Christopher Duffy retells the story of the battle not only from the French point of view, but also from the points of view of those vanquished by Napoleon's Army. Drawing on original Austrian and Russian documents, the author paints a picture of a coalition stunned in the face of the terrifying speed of the French advance. He gives details from the unpublished reports of horrified British observers, and accounts from French commanders amazed and elated by the extent of their own victory. The result is a comprehensive and highly readable account of this dramatic episode in military history.

Author Bio
Christopher Duffy was born in 1936. He is the author of several non-fiction books, and is editor in chief of the Historic Armies and Navies series. He was an adviser to the BBC team that made War and Peace. For over twenty years he was Senior Lecturer in the Department of War Studies at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.