9 x 6 in. 432 pages.  34 illustrations, 4 maps.

Few military epics rival the fascination of Napoleon's 1812 campaign, and here the story is told by eyewitnesses and participants. More than a third of a million men of the central army set out on a midsummer day in 1812: few can have imagined the terrors and hardships in store for them. They would be lured all the way to Moscow without having achieved the decisive battle Napoleon sought, and by the time they reached the city their numbers would already have dwindled by more than a third. One of the greatest disasters of military history was in the making.

In this enthralling day-by-day narrative, Paul Britten Austin skilfully blends the memories of over one hundred contemporary witnesses of every rank, all of whom took part in the march to Moscow. The result is a uniquely authentic account, in which the reader sees and experiences the campaign through the eyes of the participants at each stage of the advance.

•  The inside story of Napoleon's march to Moscow
• A superbly crafted work that is the result of seventeen years of research
• Told in a compelling form that rivals the most exciting works of modern fiction

Greenhill Books  ISBN 1-85367-154-1

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