Pervaia nauchnaia istoriia voiny 1812 goda - Ponasenkov E.N.

Here is a unique book: the true story of the war of 1812! The largest Napoleonic-era specialist in Russia, a well-known historian, Yevgeny Ponasenkov, studied tens of thousands of documents stored in the archives of Russia and Europe, as well as diaries and memoirs of participants of events - and managed to create a fundamentally new Impeccable accuracy of the scientific presentation is combined with the bright and elegant manner of ma-terial's presentation. For the first time a detailed description of the life of all segments of Russian society was given, economic, diplomatic and cultural aspects of what happened were investigated. You will learn about the true plans and actions of Napoleon and Alexander I, what happened in parallel with the invasioncivil war in Russia, about the behind-the-scenes "battles" and intrigues of the world of professional scientists of state propaganda. Evgeny Ponasenkov, author of many scientific papers, is now considered to be the intellectual guru of the new generation. His merits include the creation of Russia's largest personal collection of books and art objects of the Napoleonic era.The second edition is equipped with a new chapter and additional illustrations.