Napoleon and His Marshals: the Men of the First Empire

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An Emperor and the men who made his empire Headley’s monumental work on the men who fought for, won, held and lost Napoleon’s Empire originally appeared in two substantial volumes. Both are included in this one volume Leonaur edition in their entirety. Twenty two marshals of the First Empire are vividly described with biographies of their lives and careers together with more detailed vignettes of their outstanding campaigns, battles or particular engagements. Within the pages of this book the reader will discover the actions of the great men of Revolutionary France including Berthier, St. Cyr, Lannes, Macdonald, Soult, Victor, Ney, Oudinot, Poniatowski and others as they set Europe and North Africa ablaze in conflicts whose names-Marengo, Eylau, Jena, Austerlitz, Albuera, Waterloo-to list just a few-are familiar and fascinating to every student and enthusiast of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon and His Marshals is an essential addition to any Napoleonic library and will be fascinating reading for all those interested in the history of conflict.