Imperial Sunset

by R.F. Delderfield

Book Overview

This vivid history of the political and military decline of Napoleon Bonaparte recounts the unraveling of his grip on Europe, beginning with the Russian incursion into France in 1813 and ending with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081286056X
• ISBN13: 9780812860566
• Release Date: January 1980
• Publisher: Stein and Day
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Excellent writing, enlightening analysis

This is a wonderful book and should certainly have a place on anyone's Napoleonic bookshelf. It is almost certainly the best account available of the events of 1813-1814. Military and political events are properly balanced, with neither receiving too much or too little attention. The author is also able to draw about the characters themselves, especially Napoleon himself. Marshal Ney and Marshal Marmont receive their fair share, and the only real complaint I would have is that the author needlessly repeats the fact that Marshal MacDonald was the son of a Scottish clansman about a dozen times.