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The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
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The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier Soft cover - 1993

by Walter, Jakob

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New York: Penguin, 1993. 7th ptg thus . Soft cover. Fine. Cover by Melissa Jacoby. 2017 shelf. Unread. Trade paperback, pictorial gray covers, orange spine No names, clean text. With a few b/w illus. Edited, with intro, by Marc Raeff. Solid. "unique eyewitness account of the face of battle from inside the ranks of Bonaparte's Grand Army.
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  • Title The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier
  • Author Walter, Jakob
  • Illustrator Cover by Melissa Jacoby
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition 7th ptg thus
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 168
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Penguin, New York
  • Date 1993
  • Features Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 068167
  • ISBN 9780140165593 / 0140165592
  • Weight 0.38 lbs (0.17 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.72 x 5.04 x 0.58 in (19.61 x 12.80 x 1.47 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Campaigns -, Soldiers - Germany - Biography
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.27

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Summary

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. It is at once a compelling chronicle of a young soldier's loss of innocence and an eloquent and moving portrait of the profound effects of all wars on the men who fight them.

Also included are letters home from the Russian front, previously unpublished in English, as well as period engravings and maps from the Russian/Soviet and East European collections of the New York Public Library.

"Vivid and gruesome … but also a story of human fortitude. … It reminds us that the troops Napoleon drove so mercilessly were actually more victims than victors—a side of Napoleon that should not be forgotten."
—Chicago Tribune

From the publisher

Mark Raeff, the Boris Bakhmeteff Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies at Columbia University, is a scholar of pre-revolutionary Russia. His books include Understanding Imperial Russia, Origins of the Russian Intelligentsia, The Well-Ordered Police State, and Russian Abroad.

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  • Library Journal, 01/01/2016, Page 47

About the author

Mark Raeff, the Boris Bakhmeteff Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies at Columbia University, is a scholar of pre-revolutionary Russia. His books include Understanding Imperial Russia, Origins of the Russian Intelligentsia, The Well-Ordered Police State, and Russian Abroad.

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