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The Russian Campaign of 1812 - The Memoirs of a Russian Artilleryman (Hardcover)
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The Russian Campaign of 1812 - The Memoirs of a Russian Artilleryman (Hardcover)
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The first of three volumes, this book represents the first English
translation of the memoirs that rank among the best in the vast
Napoleonic memoir literature. The author, Ilya Timofeyevich
Radozhitskii, served with distinction during the wars against
Napoleon and wrote down his reminisces shortly after the war based
on the notes that he kept while campaigning. Born in 1788,
Radozhitskii studied at the Imperial Orphanage, enlisted in the
artillery unit in 1806, and steadily rose through the ranks,
earning a reputation of a capable officer. Napoleon's invasion of
Russia in 1812 changed his life. Serving as an artillery
lieutenant, he saw action in virtuall every major battle of that
historic campaign. Wounded at the battle of Ostrovno, he remained
in ranks and later fought at Smolensk, Lubino (Valutina Gora) and
Borodino, lamented the surrender of Moscow, and celebrated Russian
victories at Vyazma and Krasnyi. He watched in bewilderment the
catastrophe that engulfed Napoleon's forces that winter, an event
he vividly describes in his memoirs. Radozhitskii offers fresh
insight into the life and daily experiences of Russian officers
during the Napoleonic Wars. Starting in the summer of 1812 and
following the travails of his unit over the next six months,
Radozhitskii's narrative contains striking descriptions of the
wartime experiences of soldiers and officers, vivid accounts of the
battles, and heartrending stories from the French retreat. When
published in Russia, these memoirs garnered considerable public
attention and Leo Tolstoy consulted them extensively while writing
his famous War and Peace . The second and third volumes, entitled
The German Liberation 1813 and The Invasion of France 1814, will be
published by Pen & Sword Books later this year.
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