1812: The Great Retreat

The third volume of this in-depth study examines Napoleon’s dramatic retreat from Russia with vividly detailed and newly translated firsthand accounts. Napoleon’s invasion of Russia was one of history's most disastrous military campaigns. Historian Paul Austin vividly captures the entire campaign in his magisterial 1812 trilogy. His previous books brought the Grand Armee to the empty victory over an abandoned Moscow, and on to the Battle of Maloyaroslavets, where Napoleon was forced to order a r