The Retreat

by PatrickRambaud (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $4.98

  * Following on from The Battle, this is the second book in Rambaud's Napoleonic trilogy - In this second novel of the trilogy, Rambaud breathes new life into the story of Napoleon's 1812 Moscow Campaign, and his subsequent retreat to Beresina. The story is told through the eyes of some of those involved, from the Emperor himself to a young servant boy. As with The Battle, the historical detail is impeccable. The reader is immersed in a vivid and bustling military world, one thwarted by crippling famine and illness. At the same time Rambaud weaves his delicate and remarkable pyschological profiles, opening imaginative doors into the psyches of those involved, from the great leader himself, to the common soldier shivering under fire in the freezing Russian winter.

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  Paperback
  2005

  $7.77

  'The second in Rambaud's Napoleonic trilogy deals with the most traumatic event in French history after the Occupation -- Napoleon's retreat from Moscow' Guardian

  As Rambaud's characters -- D'Herbigny, Paulin and others -- continue the story begun in The Battle, The Retreat unfolds as a convincing and gripping account of a country at war; a mesmerizing and tense drama spun from the story of the French retreat. Told with great narrative flair, precision and vivid detail, Rambaud's account of dire human suffering is both horrific and compelling; a striking testament to the extremes of human behaviour in adversity.

  'A chance to get the French version of events' Guardian