About the book
In June 1812 Napoleon's Grande Armée, 680,000 strong, crossed the Neman River into Russia; by the time its remnants recrossed the Berezina in November, only 27,000 effective soldiers were left. Adrien Bourgogne, who had served since the 1806 campaign in Poland and fought at Essling and in Spain, Portugal, Germany and Austria, recorded that campaign from the inside. His memoir begins with the long march from Portugal to Moscow and the capture of the city, then follows the retreat across snow-covered western Russia as supplies ran short and Cossacks harried the rearguard. He describes comrades dying of hunger and cold, killing horses, stealing and begging, while keeping their faith in Napoleon.
Joan Boixados, founder of everydayCheck, said he greatly enjoyed it after asking someone for an unusual recommendation, and was surprised no one has made a film of such a detailed, raw story.
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Joan Boixados (Founder/everydayCheck)
There’s this book I really really enjoyed: The memoirs of Sergeant Bourgogne. I would have never even heard about it had I not asked someone for an odd recommendation. It’s raw, the edition is poor or lacking, but your imagination covers for it. The story is so detailed and crude that I still don’t understand why there isn’t a movie about it!
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