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El libro presenta una de las premisas más interesantes de la vida del Gran Corso, Napoleón; si es que hay alguna más interesante que la otra, lo cual sinceramente resulta imposible de el ataque de todas las fuerzas de Bonaparte hacia Rusia y su conocida derrota no por los ejércitos sino por el invierno.El titulo de esta obra nos resume lo que pasaba en esos momentos antes los ojos y sentimientos del ejercito más grande del mundo en su é Nevaba.Uno toma ésta novela histórica para saber cual era el sentimiento del ejercito pero también para saber lo que pasaba por la mente de Napoleón, en este rubro la novela falla de manera mortal, haciendo un pobre retrato de las cabezas de ese ejercito. Ok, igual y nunca fue la intención de la novela el retratar esta parte y para aquellos fervientes buscadores del pensamiento Napoleonico no será nada revelador, sin embargo si no se requiere del aspecto histórico en sus mas altos mandos hay una parte interesante y hasta romántica de este libro que les puede gustar.Las historias entrelazadas del capitán d’Herbingy, Paulin y Sébastien así como de una comediante llamada Ornella, todos viviendo la incertidumbre de entrar triunfantes en Moscú cuando no hay nadie que los reciba, nadie que los rete, nadie más que el invierno y el atroz incendio de los rusos que destruyo su propia ciudad, en este ambiente de incertidumbre donde la vida tenia que seguir debido a lo largo de las campañas es donde sucede Nevaba.
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About the Author
Patrick Rambaud was a founder of Actuel in 1970. Alone or in collaboration he has written over thirty books, parodies and novels.
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Starred Review. Second in Rambaud's Napoleonic trilogy, this installment chronicles the emperor's disastrous Russian campaign of 1812. The book opens as the imperial army, having lost three-quarters of its men on the icy, disease-ravaged march from France, approaches the gates of Moscow, where Napoleon imagines he will rest for the winter, hosted by the conquered czar. Instead, he finds a city emptied of people, food and soldiers—a cold and desolate hell. As in his previous novel, The Battle, Rambaud chooses a few characters to tell the story. Young Sebastian Roque sees nothing romantic about warfare; Captain d'Herbigny, on the other hand, adores military pomp and wishes only for a heroic return to Normandy. Napoleon himself has lost sight of reality, and declares, "This winter we will levy fresh contingents to reinforce us and then we will march on St. Petersburg... or India." But there are no fresh contingents coming nor any food to feed the men who remain. They have no choice but to return to France, facing cold, starvation and disease. Rambaud has a knack for wry pathos that keeps the book from bogging down in horror—a hungry d'Herbigny ties his loose pants up with strings of looted pearls. As one of the most famous military debacles in history, Napoleon's awful march to and from Moscow is riveting, and Rambaud brings a keen immediacy to the harrowing events.
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