Leipzig--A Conflict of Titans: a Personal Experience of the 'Battle of the Nations' During the Napoleonic Wars, October 14th-19th, 1813

by Frederic Shoberl

Book Overview

The battle that ended an era--by an eye witness

This is a superb account of one of the pivotal battles of the Napoleonic Wars--Leipzig--the so called 'Battle of the Nations'. It was here in 1813, after Napoleon's disastrous Russian campaign that the great allied powers of Europe brought him to account and where he suffered the defeat which would herald his ruin, bring an end to the First Empire and the demise of an epoch. What makes this book...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846775353
• ISBN13: 9781846775352
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Leonaur Ltd
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"