Typical Osprey: easy reading overview with good maps makes for a sound introduction to the Spring 1813 campaign.

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Product Description

Following the disastrous Russian campaign of 1812, Napoleon faced a new coalition of his old enemies. With incredible speed he raised an army of 200,000 men and marched to join the remnants of the old Grand Army in Germany, where he planned to comprehensively defeat them. However the inexperience of his new army began to show, At Lutzen on 2 May Ney was surprised by Wittgenstein, Napoleon galloped to the scene and with his old brilliance turned defeat into victory. Crossing the Elbe he brought the allies to battle at Bautzen, but Ney's hesitancy allowed them to escape and victory slipped from his grasp.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #238103 in Books
• Published on: 2001-04-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 96 pages

About the Author
Christa Hook is one of Osprey's most popular illustrators, a reputation justly deserved given the perfect blend of attention to detail and narrative realisation that penetrates her work. Her work for Osprey to date includes several joint collaborations with her father Richard, as well as Warrior I Norman Knight, Warrior IO Saracen Faris. Peter Hofschroer is a recognised expert on the German campaigns of the Napoleonic wars and the Prussian army in particular. He has already written Leipzig 1813 in the Campaign series.

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Customer Reviews

A nice surprise full of good surprises
Here is a surprisingly good book on a little known period in the Napoleonic epopey. I must say that at the first attempt of going through this book I didn't like it and put it down after a couple of pages. Well, some months later I gave it a second try and was completely carried away. It is really well written, very clear (once you go through the first pages), interesting, well documented and quite touching by moments (especially when the young conscripts from the Napoleon army, the "Marie Louises" are described). The great surprise is to discover how close was Napoleon to completely recover from his great 1812 disaster. An even greater surprise is to discover colour plates by Christa Hook, which are actually quite good (well, it was a long time ago). A book I warmly recommend to all those who are interested in general military history. There are things to be learned there!

Lutzen and Bautzen Osprey
Really interesting book, loads of information about the battles with loads of helpful illustrations and colour plates.