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1805 Austerlitz by Robert Goetz (Hardcover, 2017)

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The Battle of Austerlitz is almost universally regarded as the most impressive of Napoleon's many victories. AUTHOR: For his work on this book, Robert Goetz was awarded the History Grand Prize of the Paris-based Fondation Napoléon in 2005.

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The Battle of Austerlitz is almost universally regarded as the most impressive of Napoleon's many victories. The magnitude of the French achievement against a larger army was unprecedented, the great victory being met by sheer amazement and delirium in Paris, where just days earlier the nation had been teetering on the brink of financial collapse. In this insightful study, the author analyses the planning of the opposing forces and details the course of the battle hour by hour, describing the fierce see-saw battle around Sokolnitz, the epic struggle for the Pratzen Heights, the dramatic engagement between the legendary Lannes and Bagration in the north, and the widely misunderstood clash of Napoleon's Imperial Guard and Alexander's Imperial Leib-Guard. The author has produced a detailed and balanced assessment of the battle that for the first time places familiar French accounts in their proper perspective and exposes many myths regarding the battle that have been perpetuated and even embellished in recent books. With 1805: Austerlitz, the reader is left with a thorough appreciation of Napoleon and his Grande Armee of 1805, an army that decisively defeated not a hapless relic of the ancien regime but rather a formidable professional army that had fought the French armies on equal terms five years earlier. AUTHOR: For his work on this book, Robert Goetz was awarded the History Grand Prize of the Paris-based Fondation Napoleon in 2005. Awarded annually, the Grands Prix are presented to the best works of Napoleonic literature. For 1805: Austerlitz, Robert was presented with the award for the best non-French language publication.

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PublisherPen & Sword Books LTD

ISBN-139781473894211

eBay Product ID (ePID)233777230

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SubjectGovernment, History

Publication Year2017

Number of Pages368 Pages

Publication Name1805 Austerlitz

LanguageEnglish

TypeTextbook

AuthorRobert Goetz

FormatHardcover

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Item Height234 mm

Item Width156 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorRobert Goetz

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by pammessy
18 Apr, 2018
Concise and Accurate
This is a very concise book considering the subject matter. The author offers a compelling story with his own research and many other references and is a great book to take on a tour of the battlefield. The maps of the various stages of the battle are excellent guides.
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by pelo-3
29 May, 2024
Excellent quality product, exceptionally well packaged, highly recommend, thankyou
Excellent quality product, exceptionally well packaged, highly recommend, thankyou
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