{"product_id":"the-diary-of-a-napoleonic-foot-soldier-a-unique-eyewitness-account-of-the-face-of-battle-from-inside-the-ranks-of-bonapartes-grand-army-9780140165593","title":"The Diary of a Napoleonic Foot Soldier: A Unique Eyewitness Account of the Face of Battle from Inside the Ranks of Bonaparte's Grand Army","description":"Eighteen-year-old German stonemason Jakob Walter served in the Grand Army of Napoleon between 1806 and 1813. His diary intimately records his trials: the long, grueling marches in Prussia and Poland, the disastrous Russian campaign, and the demoralizing defeat in a war few supported or understood. It is at once a compelling chronicle of a young soldier's loss of innocence and an eloquent and moving portrait of the profound effects of all wars on the men who fight them.\u003cp\u003eAlso included are letters home from the Russian front, previously unpublished in English, as well as period engravings and maps from the Russian\/Soviet and East European collections of the New York Public Library.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Vivid and gruesome ... but also a story of human fortitude. ... It reminds us that the troops Napoleon drove so mercilessly were actually more victims than victors--a side of Napoleon that should not be forgotten.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jakob Walter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/01\/1993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.38lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.72h x 5.04w x 0.58d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140165593\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2016 pg. 47\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Raeff\u003c\/b\u003e, the Boris Bakhmeteff Professor Emeritus of Russian Studies at Columbia University, is a scholar of pre-revolutionary Russia. His books include \u003cb\u003eUnderstanding Imperial Russia\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eOrigins of the Russian Intelligentsia\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Well-Ordered Police State\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eRussian Abroad\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43331258515571,"sku":"9.78014E+12","price":28.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_8e0236d1-539c-4482-95c5-2b418e3b9a4a.jpg?v=1754655511","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-diary-of-a-napoleonic-foot-soldier-a-unique-eyewitness-account-of-the-face-of-battle-from-inside-the-ranks-of-bonapartes-grand-army-9780140165593","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}