Before the French Revolution, the Russian Empire played a minor role in the history of Western Europe, yet its involvement in the wars of the Republic and against Napoleon would change its influence on the fate of the continent forever. Fighting the Russians examines the crucial role played by the men of the Czar's Empire through hundreds of original letters, notebooks and accounts written by French soldiers at the time of the events or shortly after the fall of Napoleon. These rare unpublished sources, or those never before translated into English, recount key moments such as the battles of Zurich, Austerlitz, Eylau, Borodino and Leipzig, the burning of Moscow, the passage of the Berezina and the capture of Paris by the Cossacks. The terrible retreat from Russia and the torture inflicted on French soldiers by irregulars are also examined, as well as the times Napoleon was almost captured by Russian horsemen. Together, these writings plunge the reader into a world of unprecedented violence, but they also reveal the French fascination with the Russians, who were perceived as strange individuals from faraway lands whose courage bordered on madness.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Wars of the French Revolution
- Chapter 2: The road to Austerlitz
- Chapter 3: War and peace
- Chapter 4: Invading Russia
- Chapter 5: Moscow
- Chapter 6: Retreat!
- Chapter 7: Decline and fall of the French empire
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
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