Russia Against Napoleon
DOMINIC LIEVEN
Russia Against Napoleon
The True Story of the Campaigns of
VIKING
VIKING
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Lieven, D. C. B.
Russia against Napoleon: the true story of the campaigns of War and Peace / Dominic Lieven.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN: 1-101-42938-0
1. Napoleonic Wars, 1800–1815—Campaigns—Russia. 2. Russia—History—Alexander I, 1801–1825. 3. Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828–1910. Voina i mir. I. Title.
DC235.L49 2009
940.2'70947—dc22
2009042564
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