Napoleon and Austerlitz (Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Research Series) [Hardcover]

Scott Bowden (Author)

Book Description

Series: Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Research Series | Publication Date: January 1997

This is an unprecedented detailed combat study of the vastly different armies and leaders that fought the fast moving battles of the 1805 Ulm-Austerlitz campaigns. Sweeping battle narrative, coupled with new, detailed maps and precise orders of battle make Scott Bowden's latest history of Napoleonic warfare an instant classic. Napoleon and Austerlitz is a must for any Napoleonic or military history analyst.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 560 pages
• Publisher: Emperor's Press (January 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0962665576
• ISBN-13: 978-0962665578
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,769,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Napoleon and Austerlitz: An Unprecedentedly Detailed Combat Study of Napoleon's Epic Ulm-Austerlitz Campaign of 1805, January 19, 2007

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Robert E. Mccaskill "Westiedoc" (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Napoleon and Austerlitz (Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Research Series) (Hardcover)

The best Napoleonic book that I have read in years! Scott Bowden has done it again. He has provided the serious Napoleonic student with one of the best books on strategic and tactical history of perhaps Napoleon's great campaign. I recommend this book to all interested in Napoleonic history. I must have!

16 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best English language study of Napoleon and Austerlitz, April 30, 2003

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Jim Scott "troonglfer" (Wailea, Maui, Hawai'i, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Napoleon and Austerlitz (Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Research Series) (Hardcover)

Having read everything I can on Napoleon's 1805 Ulm-Austerlitz campaigns, I have to rank this work as the best. The details about the organization and tactics of the armies, combined with the specifics of the Ulm and the Austerlitz campaigns which include the very detailed tactical description of the fighting (especially the combats around Ulm) simply cannot be found anywhere else. What's more, the text is complimented by a great number of maps and artwork, making the layout what I wish every military history book looked like. It is a splendid work that deserves inclusion in any Napoleonic library.

Oh, yes...a word about some of the "hit reviews" previously posted. I, too, have a copy of Sutterheim's 1807 English TRANSLATED piece on Austerlitz, and Scott Bowden is absolutely correct in his citation. Also, I had an opportunity to hear the author when he spoke in Hawai'i in 2002, and one of those talks included, in part, a detailed presentation on Napoleon. In that presentation, I saw a lot of the archival documents used by the author in putting together NAPOLEON AND AUSTERLITZ---documents that others making "hit reviews" say he never possessed. That speaks volumes about the credibility of those who posted those remarks.

JS

16 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Standard for Military History Production, January 27, 2000

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David P. Wester (Marshall, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Napoleon and Austerlitz (Armies of the Napoleonic Wars Research Series) (Hardcover)

I am not an historian, but I love to read history and this book is the most reader friendly campaign account I have read, Napoleonic or any other period. Charts, pictures,and maps are in the wide margins on either side of the text, right where the eye can find them. Notes are on the bottom of the page. Maps are drawn clearly and easy to grasp, as are diagrams of unit movement, whether they be corps or battalions. It is a joy to read. Publishers take note.