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Conscript for Empire

the Experiences of a Young German Conscript During the Napoleonic Wars

Autor: Philippe

Język:

Oprawa: Twarda

Wydawca: Leonaur Ltd

Dostępność: Dostępna u dostawcy

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124.02 zł

A young soldier thrown to the mercies of total war This is remarkable story of a young Rhinelande...

Informacje o książce

Autor

Philippe

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Twarda

Data wydania

2008

strony

180

EAN

9781846774461

ISBN

9781846774461

Enbook ID

08847891

Wydawca

Leonaur Ltd

Waga

363

Wymiary

140 x 216 x 14

Pełny opis

A young soldier thrown to the mercies of total war This is remarkable story of a young Rhinelander caught up in the whirlwind of war that raged in Europe in the early 19th century. As one of the smaller Germanic states his homeland was always in an ambiguous position between the great powers. His brother was a proud Cuirassier in Napoleon's Army and Philippe himself became-in his turn-a conscript in the French infantry sent to Spain to fight the British and Spaniards. Captured, he suffered privations and dangers until incarcerated on the prison island of Cabrera where he was offered release if he would change his allegiances by joining the Kings German Legion. The end of war found him in service of a military man with whom he travelled to the East in a British East Indiaman which struck a reef, throwing him into a hair-raising experience of shipwreck and the battle for survival.