The illustrious dead : the terrifying story of how typhus killed Napoleon's greatest army /
Talty, Stephan.
The illustrious dead : the terrifying story of how typhus killed Napoleon's greatest army / Stephan Talty. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, c2009. - 315 p. : maps, plans ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-301) and index.
In a dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, Stephan Talty tells the story of a mighty ruler and a tiny microbe, antagonists whose struggle would shape the modern world. --from publisher descriptioin
9780307394040 0307394042
2008050646
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 --Military leadership.
France. Armée --History--Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Russia.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Health aspects--France.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Medical care--France.
Russia--History, Military--1801-1917.
DC235 / .T27 2009
940.2/742
The illustrious dead : the terrifying story of how typhus killed Napoleon's greatest army / Stephan Talty. - 1st ed. - New York : Crown Publishers, c2009. - 315 p. : maps, plans ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-301) and index.
In a dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, Stephan Talty tells the story of a mighty ruler and a tiny microbe, antagonists whose struggle would shape the modern world. --from publisher descriptioin
9780307394040 0307394042
2008050646
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 --Military leadership.
France. Armée --History--Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Russia.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Health aspects--France.
Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Medical care--France.
Russia--History, Military--1801-1917.
DC235 / .T27 2009
940.2/742