Berezina: From Moscow to Paris Following Napoleon's Epic Fail

Moscow to Paris in a sidecar: a crazy 2,500 mile epic following Napoleon's retreat...

October 1812, Napoleon enters Moscow. The Russians have set fire to the city, soon it will be reduced to a pile of ash. The Emperor equivocates, decides to turn back. This is the beginning of the retreat from Russia, a page of History that has become legendary for the degree of suffering and heroic acts that took place along the way.

Two hundred years later, Sylvain Tesson, accompanied by four friends, decides to follow the route of the retreat. Perched in two Russian Ural-brand sidecars, they will rejoin Paris from Moscow, guided by the stories of specters of 1812. Twenty five hundred miles traveled in honor of the soldiers of the Grande Arm e. A wild escapade to salute the ghosts of history, across the white plains.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Europa Compass
Published: 11/05/2019
ISBN: 9781609455545
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.40lbs
Size: 7.00h x 4.60w x 0.80d

Review Citations: Booklist 09/15/2019 pg. 16
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2019
Shelf Awareness 12/20/2019