service tsar against napoleon von davidov denis (5 Ergebnisse)

223 pages. Hardcover: H 24cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket lightly rubbed, minor bumping at edges, slight nick at rear panel's top right. Black boards with vibrant gilt stamping to spine. Interior pages are bright and clean. Binding is firm. A fine copy in a very good+ dust jacket. With Introduction, Acknowledgements, Translator's Note, section of b/w illustrations, three maps, Epilogue, Brief Biographical Sketches, Bibliography, and Index. Features eight chapters titled as "A Meeting with Suvorov, 1793," "Less on for a Madcap, 1807," "The Battle of Eylau, 7-8 February 1807," "Tilsit, 1807," "Recollections of Kulnev in Finland, 1808," "Diary of Partisan Warfare, 1812," "The Year 1812," and "Occupation of Dresden, March 1813." ISBN 1853673730.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. 1st Edition. Denis Davidov was an officer of Hussars, a partisan, a Russian hero and the inspiration for the character Denisov in Tolstoy's epic War and Peace. Here, for the first time in English are his memoirs which, with dash and elan, recount his adventures in the Napoleonic Wars and convey the Russian perspective on this cataclysmic event. Contains 22 black and white illustrations and 3 maps. Book is in excellent condition. Light shelf wear to dust jacket.

Russian Napoleon 1st. ed.tr. and ed. by Gregory Troubetzkoy. new. d.j. Please email for info concerning any book or dust jacket. If d.j. does not appear in description, it means there is no dust jacket. Photos on request. Some books may have remainder marks. Heavy and/or oversized books require additional postage.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: very good. 223 p. Occasional footnotes. Illustrations. Maps. Brief Biographical Sketches. Bibliography. Index. Denis Davidov was an officer of hussars, a partisan, a Russian hero and the inspiration for the character Denisov in Tolstoy's epic War and Peace. Here, for the very first time in English, are his captivating memoirs which, with dash and elan, convey the Russian perspective on this cataclysmic conflict. Davidov's memoirs cover the confrontation between the French and Russians in Prussia in 1806-7, including the horrific battle of Eylau; the Russian invasion of Finland in 1808; the French invasion of Russia in 1812; and the War of Liberation in Germany in 1813-14. The memoirs cover the 1812 campaign in particular in great detail as it was here that Davidov made his legendary reputation.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First Edition. Hardback in dustwrapper, 223 pages Edited and translated by Gregory Troubetzkoy.Illustrated with, 22 illustrations and 3 maps.6.5 X 9.5 inches. Some spotting to inside of dustwrapper, and top page edges. Very good book in a very good dustwrapper.