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Genre/Form: | History Military history |
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Named Person: | Napoleon, Emperor of the French; Napoleon, Emperor of the French; Napoleon, Emperor of the French |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephan Talty |
ISBN: | 9780307394057 0307394050 |
OCLC Number: | 712030438 |
Description: | 315 pages : maps, plans ; 20 cm |
Contents: | Incarnate -- A portable metropolis -- Drumbeat -- Crossing -- Pursuit -- Smolensk -- The sound of flames -- Smoke -- At Borodino -- Clash -- The Hospital -- The last city -- Decision -- Two roads -- Graveyard trees. |
Responsibility: | Stephan Talty. |
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Abstract:
In a dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, Stephan Talty tells the story of a mighty ruler and a tiny microbe, antagonists whose struggle would shape the modern world. --from publisher descriptioin.

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