Swords Around A Throne
 

Swords Around a Throne: Napoleon's Grande Armee

by John R. Elting

This authoritative, comprehensive, and enthralling book describes and analyzes Napoleon's most powerful weapon—the Grande Armée which at its peak numbered over a million soldiers. Elting examines every facet of this incredibly complex human machine: its organization, command system, logistics, weapons, tactics, discipline, recreation, mobile hospitals, camp followers, and more. From the... (read more)

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Being the incredible Napoleonic history geek that I am, this book is probably my Napoleon bible. I just re-read it for the umpteenth time and I am still astounded at how well it is written, how much information is packed in there and what a great literary stylist Col. Elting was.

The only real problem with it is that occasionally the author assumes that the reader is already so familiar with the Napoleonic wars that he may mention an obscure general or minor battle and not provide a...

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