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The Escape from Elba: The Fall and Flight of Napoleon 1814-1815

Categorie	Algemeen Militaria
Boeknummer	#372175-ZE17
Titel	The Escape from Elba: The Fall and Flight of Napoleon 1814-1815
Auteur	MacKenzie, Norman
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Barnsley : Pen & Sword Military
Jaar van uitgave	2007
ISBN10	1844156044
ISBN13	9781844156047
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, 8vo.
Samenvatting	The year is 1814. The Allies have driven Napoleon's once-mighty armies back to Paris. Trapped, forced to abdicate after two decades of triumphant rule, the Emperor takes leave of his comrades-in-arms and sets sail for his new domain - the tiny, poverty-stricken, pestilential island of Elba. Yet within ten months Napoleon will enter Paris once again, at the heels of the fleeing Bourbon king, flushed with victory and cheered by the masses. The Escape From Elba tells the heroic story of Napoleon's exile and phoenix-like return. In this classic account, now republished in paperback, Norman MacKenzie chronicles this extraordinary year: the tense last hours of Napoleon's empire, his humiliating exile, his midnight escape and his whirlwind march over snowbound mountains to Grenoble where, in a dr... (Lees verder)amatic confrontation with the French army, he became a reigning prince again. Described in vivid detail are Napoleon's adventures as the head of Elba. He brought society, splendor, organization and political intrigue to this run-down backwater. And he displayed on this small stage the many sides of his charismatic personality.
Pagina's	299
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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