TY - BOOK AU - Talty,Stephan TI - The illustrious dead: the terrifying story of how typhus killed Napoleon's greatest army SN - 9780307394040 AV - DC235 .T27 2009 U1 - 940.2/742 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York PB - Crown Publishers KW - Napoleon KW - France KW - Armée KW - History KW - Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 KW - Campaigns KW - Russia KW - Health aspects KW - Medical care KW - History, Military KW - 1801-1917 N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-301) and index N2 - 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 UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0915/2008050646-b.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0915/2008050646-d.html ER -