Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armée

This authoritative, comprehensive, and enthralling book describes and analyzes Napoleon's most powerful weapon -- the Grande Armee which at its peak numbered over a million soldiers. Elting examines every facet of this incredibly complex human machine: its organization, command system, logistics, weapons, tactics, discipline, recreation, mobile hospitals, camp followers, and more. From the army's formation out of the turmoil of Revolutionary France through its swift conquests of vast territories across Europe to its legendary death at Waterloo, this book uses excerpts from soldiers' letters, eyewitness accounts, and numerous firsthand details to place the reader in the boots of Napoleon's conscripts and generals. In Elting's masterful hands the experience is truly unforgettable.

Author: John R. Elting
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Published: 03/22/1997
Pages: 784
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.35lbs
Size: 9.20h x 5.96w x 1.72d
ISBN13: 9780306807572
ISBN10: 0306807572
BISAC Categories:
- History | World | General
- History | Military | Napoleonic Wars
- History | Europe | France

About the Author
Colonel John R. Elting has edited and written numerous books on military history, including Amateurs, to Arms!: A Military History of the War of 1812 and A Military History and Atlas of the Napoleonic Wars.