Napoleon's Russian Campaign Author:Count Philippe-Paul de Segur; J. David Townsend (translator) This book is an account of Napoleon Bonaparte's disastrous invasion of Russia in 1812 written by a contemporary, the Count Philippe-Paul de Segur (1780-1873), who was attached to napoleon's personal staff and who remained close to him for many years. In 1812, Segur was a general who shared the conversation of Napoleon and the hardships of his o... more »fficers. In 1824, Segur published a two-volume, widely reprinted and translated work "Histoire de Napoleon et de la grande armee pendant l'annee 1812", which came out at a time when many soldiers of the Napoleonic Wars were still alive and could testify to Segur's accuracy and penetration of Napoleon's campaigns.« less