A fine work by a highly regarded historian of the Napoleonic Age Every period in history has-in its turn-produced great scholars to chronicle it. The names of fine historians are linked with their subjects by natural consequence of their scholarship, insight and authorship as they have communicated their research and analysis to students, both professional and amateur. The Age of Napoleon is no exception and high in the shortlist of its principal historians stands the name of the author of this book-F. Loraine Petre. Petre ...
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A fine work by a highly regarded historian of the Napoleonic Age Every period in history has-in its turn-produced great scholars to chronicle it. The names of fine historians are linked with their subjects by natural consequence of their scholarship, insight and authorship as they have communicated their research and analysis to students, both professional and amateur. The Age of Napoleon is no exception and high in the shortlist of its principal historians stands the name of the author of this book-F. Loraine Petre. Petre's work has enjoyed enthusiastic popularity since the time of its writing. This fine example, which chronicles Napoleon's campaign into Poland, is no exception. Those familiar with the subject need not be told that the thorough Petre method has here been applied to the campaign in its entirety including Pultusk, Golymin, Eylau, Danzig, the Vistula, Heilsburg, Friedland and Tilsit. Naturally the leadership of the respective armies, the theatre of war and the forces themselves are considered with equal skill. This is, of course, an essential Napoleonic War reference work-and a true and acknowledged classic. Available in softcover and hardcover with dustjacket.
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This book was the first of Loraine Petre's treatments of major napoleonic campaigns and is still one of the best accounts of the clash of arms between the Emporer and the Holy warriors of Russia in 1806. The maps and battlefield sketches provided with the text are absolutely essentiel to follow the movements of the troops and I resorted to laying them out before me on the table with some counters to mark the position of different bodies of troops or leaders. The author had an excellent coup d'oeuil on the terrain and visited the battlefield and the theatre of operations personally before he sat down to write the book. Comparing the description of the campaign with more recent treatment of the subject reveals that nothing essential was unknown to the author and that the facts are up to date. When data of interest are not provided in the book (such as some numbers of those engaged or lost) you can be pretty sure they are not available at all. The few but very carefully selected sources are duely presented and discussed.
Bibliophile
Apr 6, 2007
Another Solid Account
This book, following on from his engaging account of Napoleon's victory over Prussia in 1806, is Loraine Petre's second book in his series of five accounts covering Napoleon and his campaigns. This time the author offers the reader an in-depth military study of Napoleon's campaign in Poland. In this account we find Napoleon manoeuvring into Poland to meet the advancing Russian armies moving to assist the meagre Prussian forces left over after being defeated in detail by Napoleon and his Marshals.
The author follows every move of this fascinating campaign and offers detailed insights into the battles fought during the terrible winter weather in Poland. We read about the bloody battle at Eylau and latter of Napoleon's crushing victory over the Russians at Friedland. Using numerous sources and first-hand accounts the reader gets a detailed military narrative and analysis of each skirmish and battle fought in this campaign.
Again a word of caution, this book was first published in the early 1900's and the style of writing does take some getting used. However, once you have mastered the style the narrative moves along quite easily except for the occasional break to check the maps as you follow the converging armies in the hinterland of Poland. The maps (10) are not the best but detailed enough to locate the points mentioned and to follow the various movements in the battles. The author also provides a number of black and white plates of the personalities and locations mentioned in the narrative.
Overall this is a very decent military study covering Napoleon's campaign in Poland where within six months he had beaten the Russian armies and forced the Russian Czar to sign a treaty at Tilsit. "Napoleon's Campaign in Poland is a brilliant overview of Napoleon's vaunted army confronting some of its most worthy opponents." - From the back cover of the book.
