1812 was the year that the most powerful man on earth met his doom, and the greatest fighting force ever-assembled was wiped out. The }Sunday Times{ bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and eventual retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on the subsequent course of Russian and European history Adam Zamoyski’s bestselling account of Napoleon’s invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history.
