The Battle - Book 2 - format ePub fixed layout

Ce deuxième volet du récit épique et tumultueux de La Bataille s'ouvre sur la bataille d'Essling proprement dite, qui voit se jeter les uns contre les autres soldats de Napoléon et soldats autrichiens....

En détruisant le pont sur l'île Lobau, l'armée autrichienne met un terme à l'offensive napoléonienne. Après deux jours de carnage, il ne reste à Masséna qu'à organiser le repli. Quelques semaines plus...

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La Pologne traverse une crise politique qui déchire ses habitants. Les rues de Varsovie s'emplissent de rumeurs et de cris contre le nouveau président élu, tandis que les révolutionnaires sont traqués......

Frédéric Cyprian est peintre. Personnage froid et posé, il a l'habitude de provoquer en duel au pistolet ses confrères dont il juge l'art indigne. Il en a déjà tué plusieurs. Son ami Nicolas l'entraîne...

Frédéric Cyprian est en plein duel avec la capitaine Rosier. Lors des coups de feu, personne n'est touché, Frédéric semble soulagé mais Rosier souhaite poursuivre Bien mal lui en a pris puisque Frédéric...

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The terrible Russian winter has engulfed the retreat, and the Grande Armée is no more. Mercilessly harassed by the fierce Cossacks, a few thousand men only continue to trudge forward,...

Napoleon is furious. It appears the battle can no longer be won. The French cavalry is so exhausted it can’t even gallop when charging. Ammunition is running out, while losses mount...

Moscow is now in French hands, but a large part of the city has burned down, and it’s been emptied of all food, fodder and warm clothes. Even as winter approaches, and against the advice of his generals,...

1812. After the sort of lightning-fast attack he is known for, Napoleon and his colossal Grande Armee have ridden deep into the heart of Russia. But the Russians have no intention...

The battle has been joined. On this first day, Massena desperately holds onto Aspern, the French cavalry charges again and again, but the Emperor cannot seem to break the Austrians....

May 1809. Napoleon’s Grande Armée has taken Vienna and is preparing to cross the Danube, but the Austrians are waiting for him in Essling. The carnage can begin … Louis-François Lejeune,...

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Pour conserver sa mainmise sur l'Europe, en cette année 1812, Napoléon n'a d'autre choix que de déclarer la guerre à l'empereur russe Alexandre. En septembre, après trois mois de marche, ses hommes, affamés...

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L'hiver polaire s'est abattu sur les plaines russes, emportant avec lui les forces des soldats de Napoléon Bonaparte. Contrainte de se retirer toujours plus loin afin d'échapper aux impitoyables cosaques...

"Il neigeait. On était vaincu par sa conquête. Pour la première fois l'aigle baissait la tête. Sombres jours ! L'Empereur revenait lentement, laissant derrière lui brûler Moscou fumant. Il neigeait..."...

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