Napoleon's Russian campaign Author:Count Philippe-Paul de Segur from Amazon's websites: Quoted Reviews as follows: — ... the diaries of Bonaparte's aide de camp, Philippe-Paul, Comte de S?gur, was first published in 1824. .... is a reissue of the 1958 translation by the late David Townsend, with an introduction by the journalist and historian Mark Danner...His account of the march on Moscow is a work of refle... more »ction and justification as well as narrative, but it still conveys the horror." --London Times
?Count de S?gur?s famed diary of Napoleon?s Russian campaign is not just another book about Bonaparte; it is the main source of a thousand schoolbooks, cartoons, legends, sermons and second thoughts for would-be conquerors?S?gur wonderfully evokes the opening scenes of the disastrous war?[he] was a war chronicler ranking with Herodotus and Bernal D?az.? ?Time magazine
?The influence of the work now made available in a new translation, was felt for many years. The giants of literature used it as a source book and as an inspiration?It is still the most vivid account of that apocalyptic disaster?it?s appeal is eternal.? ?The New York Times (June 22, 1958)
?The book is valuable?a most entertaining and interesting work.? ?The New York Times (June 5th, 1895)
?S?gur served throughout the Napoleonic era as an aide-de-camp to the Emperor, becoming a brigadier on the eve of the Russian campaign. His memoirs remain the classic account of the destruction of the Grand Army.? ?Parameters, The US Army War College Quarterly« less