Digby Smith for Windrush The Artist Formerly Known As Otto Von Pivka produces a rather good account of Borodino. If not as great of that of the Great One (Doctor Duffy, of whom God Preserve, of Sandhurst) it is not far behind. Lots of maps and lots of reminiscences from both sides that all add to the value of the piece. In some cases a French memoir will be followed by a Russian one of the same event. This book makes you want to reach for a good game on Borodino and get the feel of reserves being pulled back and forwards seeking to cover the holes torn by artillery, charge and assault. Digby Smith is not much persuaded by le Tondu and gives him a good deal of lip about his foolish handling of the campaign. I cannot say one could disagree with him. Occasionally the text could do with an editor, the last paragraph is (for example) rushed. A terrible battle, well recounted, now thanks be given that the impossible Scotty Bowden did not visit the field. More Old Duffer's Book Corner (book reviews) The Greenhill Napoleonic Wars Data Book The Anglo-Dutch Naval Wars 1652-1674 All The King's Armies 1642-1651 The Oxford History of The British Empire Vol 1 Fleet Battle and Blockade Frontiersmen: Warfare in Africa since 1950 Ottoman Warfare 1500-1700 Wars of Imperial Conquest in Africa 1830-1914 Borodino Navies and the American Revolution Lords of the Horizons Eagles over the Alps Feeding Mars The Wars of Louis XIV Back to Perfidious Albion #99 Table of Contents Back to Perfidious Albion List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Charles and Teresa Vasey. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com