"A Soldier For Napoleon" Topic
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| Private Matter | 24 May 2015 6:31 p.m. PST |
Has anybody on TMP read this book? If so, I'd like to get your thoughts on the book. |
| 21eRegt | 25 May 2015 9:48 a.m. PST |
I read it several years ago and thought it was "okay." I liked the snapshots into life as a soldier and the changing emotions, but it was a bit dry reading. Very slow-paced. |
| MaggieC70 | 25 May 2015 12:17 p.m. PST |
I also skimmed it back in the day as a reference. The dryness you mention may be a translation issue--sometimes translating more or less literally rather than a bit more loosely can make reading these oldie goldies tough on occasion. It also matters when the memoirs were written--when the writer is in front of the fire with his feet up, events tend to become a little sedate, as it were. Still, there are some valuable appendices and a decent bibliography. |
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