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| Named Person: | Napoleon, Emperor of the French; Napoleon, Emperor of the French |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephan Talty |
| ISBN: | 9780307394040 0307394042 |
| OCLC Number: | 264044173 |
| Description: | 315 p. : maps, plans ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Incarnate -- A portable metropolis -- Drumbeat -- Crossing -- Pursuit -- Smolensk -- The sound of flames -- Smoke -- At Borodino -- Clash -- The Hospital -- The last city -- Decision -- Two roads -- Graveyard trees. |
| Responsibility: | Stephan Talty. |
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Abstract:
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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