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HORNE, ALISTAIR: : HOW FAR FROM AUSTERLITZ? - NAPOLEON 1805 - 1815

LONDON.MACMILLAN,1996.

ISBN 0333655494.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn,4th imp.[Complete number line 9 - 4 descending.] FINE/FINE.No owner inscrptn and no price-clip (£20.00) to dw/dj. Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated,colour pictorial painting by David Mynett,illustrated dw/dj with white lettering to front+spine, critics' book reviews to rear panel; with negligible shelf-wear or creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Top edges very lightly toned with faint sporadic dust-soiling but overall generally clean,fore-edges brighter and cleaner - with no foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - virtually pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered,publisher's original plain dark blue cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked white ink letters to spine/backstrip,and immaculate Theatre of Conflict (1804-1814) b/w map illustrated endpapers.UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn, 4th imp,xiii-xxvipp+1-429pp [paginated] includes illustrations list/table,a chronology,a preface, 20 chapters and an epilogue,modern +historical b/w illustrations+reproductions,battle maps/ plans etc in text,8pp colour plates in 1 block, between pp202/3,references,a select bibliography and an index; plus [unpaginated] half-title+ title pages,a dedication,a St Helena Lullaby (by Rudyard Kipling),contents list/table,and list of maps. Austerlitz was Napoleon's greatest victory,the battle of which he was most proud,the culmination of what was indisputably one of the greatest campaigns of all time.It was also one of the last battles over which he would be able to exercise total control. But the problem for Napoleon was that Austerlitz was too complete a victory.As with Hitler in 1940,the defeated were too humiliated, the victor given too great a sense of superiority for the long-term future to consolidate the victory.If Austerlitz raised Napoleon to the pinnacle of his success it also turned his head & filled it with the delusion that no force or combination of forces could now stop him from conquering the world. This is the central theme of this brilliantly written book,by an author described by C.P. Snow as 'one of the best writers of history in the English-speaking world.' Up to Austerlitz, Napoleon's success was prodigious.But Austerlitz,despite all its dazzling effect,was the beginning of the end.There were notable victories after Austerlitz,memorably described here,but the process had begun which resulted in the 1812 catastrophe in Russia and ended at Waterloo,Napoleon's last battle. Alistair Horne provides us with some of his inimitable and most vivid accounts of great land battles,set within the saga of Napoleon's entire career and illuminating the road that lead from the triumph of Austerlitz to ultimate defeat. Please contact seller,because of the weight/value of this item for correct, insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always.

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