The illustrious dead : the terrifying story of how typhus killed Napoleon's greatest army / Stephan Talty.
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TextPublication details: New York : Crown Publishers, c2009.Edition: 1st edDescription: 315 p. : maps, plans ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780307394040
- 0307394042
- 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
- 940.2/742 22
- DC235 .T27 2009
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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
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