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The Notebooks of Captain Coignet: Soldier of the Empire, 1799-1816

by Jean-Roch Coignet · 1998

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These memoirs, regarded as among the best of the Napoleonic period, create an abiding impression of life in Napoleon's armies. First time in paperback.

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soldierssoldiersMore like thisLess of this
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FranceFranceMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 292 pages

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