The diary of a Napoleonic foot soldier

Eighteen-year-old German stonemason Jakob Walter served in the Grand Army of Napoleon between 1806 and 1813. His diary intimately records his trials: the long, grueling marches in Prussia and Poland, the disastrous Russian campaign, and the demoralizing defeat in a war few supported or understood. I...

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Main Author: Walter, Jakob, 1788-1864.
Other Authors: Raeff, Marc.
Format: Book
Language: English
German
Published: Harmondsworth, Middlesex, England : Penguin, 1993.
Physical Description: xxx, 170 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
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CMU New Books 1st Floor

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CMU New Books 1st Floor DC226.5 .W3513 1991 Available
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