G. A. Henty

Through Russian Snows (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

There are few campaigns that, either in point of the immense scale upon which it was undertaken, the completeness of its failure, or the enormous loss of life entailed, appeal to the imagination in so great a degree as that of Napoleon against Russia. Fortunately, we have in the narratives of Sir Robert Wilson, British commissioner with the Russian army, and of Count Segur, who was upon Napoleon's staff, minute descriptions of the events as seen by eye-witnesses, and besides these the campaign has been treated fully by various military writers. I have as usual avoided going into details of horrors and of acts of cruelty and ferocity on both sides, surpassing anything in modern warfare, and have given a mere outline of the operations, with a full account of the stern fight at Smolensk and the terrible struggle at Borodino.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Booklassic
• Seitenzahl: 217
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789635247905
• Artikelnr.: 43972247

Autorenporträt

George Alfred Henty (1832 - 1902) was an English novelist and correspondent, best known for his historical adventure stories. His works were trendy in the late 19th century. Most famous pieces include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883), and In Freedom's Cause (1885). His writing career started with his letters home from the Crimean war, which described all the horrors of the event. Being struck by vivid descriptions, his father sent these letters to the local newspaper which published them. Later he worked as a war correspondent and gathered materials of the periods that preceded his times. He developed a strong interest in the Napoleonic era and the American Civil War and created numerous works describing those times from a unique point of view.