This title draws on contemporary testimonies of life in Napoleon's army, documenting the reality of conscription, training, camp life and combat action for the common infantry soldier during the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). In contrast to most works on this period, it calls into question the propagandist views expounded by numerous Bonapartists - the romantic notion of La Gloire is very much tempered by some hard-hitting recollections of the horror...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:184176454X
ISBN13:9781841764542
Release Date:September 2002
Publisher:Osprey Publishing (UK)
Length:64 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.2" x 7.3" x 9.7"
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