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The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
Author: Jakob Walter
A grunt's eye report from the battlefield in the spirit of The Red Badge of Courage and All Quiet On The Western Front -- the only known account by a common soldier of the campaigns of Napoleon's Grand Army between 1806 and 1816.
ISBN-13: 9780385416962
ISBN-10: 0385416962
Publication Date: 8/1/1991
Pages: 170
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Publisher: Doubleday
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio CD
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buzzby avatar reviewed The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier on + 6062 more book reviews
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The diary isn't quite enough to fill a whole book, there's 16 pages on the 1806-07 campaign, 10 pages on the 1809 campaign, and 78 pages on the Russian campaign. There's very little about the fighting, it's mostly accounts about how he found enough to eat and wear. It sounded like one big culinary catastrophe. The author (Jakob Walter) wasn't much of a storyteller, a lot is just listing the towns they went through and the interesting sights to see.
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An amazing account of life in the times of napolean. great military history. great story
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The diary of an 18-year old German stonemason who served in Napoleon's army. Includes letters from the Russian front (previously unpublished in English) and period engravings and maps from the Russian/Soviet and East European collections of the New York Public Library.


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