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

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

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.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 292 pages

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