The Fall of Napoleon Volume 1, The Allied Invasion of France, 1813}}}1814 [Hardcover]

This book provides the first complete English-language study of the invasion of France along a front that extended from Holland to Switzerland.This book provides the first complete, English-language study of the invasion of France along a front that extended from Holland to Switzerland.This book provides the first complete, English-language study of the invasion of France along a front that extended from Holland to Switzerland.This book tells the story of the invasion of France at the twilight of Napoleons empire. With over a million men under arms throughout central Europe, Coalition forces poured over the Rhine River to invade France between late November 1813 and early January 1814. Three principle army groups drove across the great German landmark, smashing the exhausted French forces that attempted to defend the eastern frontier. In less than a month, French forces ingloriously retreated from the Rhine to the Marne; Allied forces were within one week of reaching Paris. This book provides the first complete, English-language study of the invasion of France along a front that extended from Holland to Switzerland.1. The new Charlemagne; 2. Barbarians at the gate; 3. The Frankfurt proposals; 4. Napoleon and the French; 5. The left bank; 6. The right bank; 7. The lower Rhine; 8. The upper Rhine; 9. The middle Rhine; 10. Alsace and Franche-Comt?; 11. The Vosges and the Sa?ne; 12. Lorraine; 13. The Saar and the Moselle; 14. Belgium; 15. The Marne; 16. The Aube, Bourgogne, and the Rh?ne; 17. The protocols of Langres. Leggiere has made a significant contribution to Cambridge's 'Military Histories' series. His book belongs in every military history collection, especially those that concentrate on the Napoleonic era.
- Library Journal The Fall of Napoleon is already a major work on the subject, and there's every reason to believe Volume 2 will be just as good.
- www.europeanhistory.about.com ...Leggiere has set the bar quite high. -Ralph Ashby, H-Fralc'