{"product_id":"adam-zamoyski-1812-2004-hardback","title":"Adam Zamoyski: 1812 [2004] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn epic account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and eventual retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on the subsequent course of Russian and European history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eThe saga of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and the catastrophic retreat from Moscow has fascinated not only military historians; Tolstoy's `War and Peace' demonstrates the dramatic appeal of those events at a universal human level. This is the story of how the most powerful man on earth met his doom, and how the greatest fighting force ever assembled was wiped out.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eBy 1810 Napoleon was master of Europe, defied only by Britain, which he could not defeat because he had no navy. His intention was to destroy Britain through a total blockade, the Continental System. But Tsar Alexander of Russia now refused to apply the blockade, and Napoleon decided to bring him to heel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e          \u003cp\u003eNapoleon quickly realised that nemesis awaited him, and the events of 1812 had a colossal impact on the fate of Europe: a great patriotic surge helped turn the Russians into a nation (hence Tchaikovsky's `1812' overture) and led them to reject Western values; the Germans began their fateful `Prussification'; the French lost their cultural dominance. And Napoleon's legend - as man of destiny - began to exert its insidious fascination.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Zamoyski, Adam","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53324256018771,"sku":"9780007123759","price":32.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":53324256051539,"sku":"XV80007123759","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/zamoyski-adam-adam-zamoyski-1812-2004-hardback-1228947318.jpg?v=1774391257","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/adam-zamoyski-1812-2004-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}