One-Drous Chapters

1812: Napoleon in Moscow

by Paul Britten Austin



Table of Contents

PREFERENCE ..........7
MAPS ..........10
SOME IMPORTANT EYEWITNESSES..........14

Chapter 1. "Fire! Fire!" ..........17
Chapter 2. Napoleon Leaves the Kremlin..........35
Chapter 3. The Fair of Moscow..........52
Chapter 4. A Disconsolate Advance Guard..........69
Chapter 5. Settling in for the Winter?..........81
Chapter 6. Marauding Parties ..........94
Chapter 7. Lovely Autumn Weather ..........104
Chapter 8. A Lethal Truce..........119
ILLUSTRATIONS..........125-140
Chapter 9. Preparations for Departure..........156
Chapter 10. Battle at Winkovo..........171
Chapter 11. Taking French Leave ..........185
Chapter 12. "Where Our Conquest of the World Ended"..........202
Chapter 13. "That's Enough, Gentlemen. I Shall Decide"..........215

NOTES..........233
BIBLIOGRAPHY..........249
INDEX..........257

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