| Rosenberg | 24 Sep 2022 11:30 p.m. PST |
I've bought a copy of Dominic Lieven's Russia agaist Napoleon. Not started it yet. Is it a accurate and good read? |
| AussieAndy | 25 Sep 2022 1:58 a.m. PST |
It is excellent, but be aware that it is not a campaign history. |
| 14Bore | 25 Sep 2022 2:55 a.m. PST |
Only %60 through and can't put it down. For any Russian aficionado I think it's a must read.
The personal information is most interesting |
 ColCampbell  | 25 Sep 2022 7:18 a.m. PST |
I own and have read it. A very good history of Czarist Russia's conflict with Napoleonic France and Czar Nicolas' desire to crush the French. I think without his drive, the war could have been much different. Definitely recommended. Jim |
| dogtail | 25 Sep 2022 7:24 a.m. PST |
Isn´t it too late to ask after buying it? |
| Steamingdave2 | 25 Sep 2022 7:30 a.m. PST |
It was recommended to me a couple of years ago by a wargamer who, I think, lives in The Czech Republic. We were having an online discussion about Russian artillery, their use of jägers etc and he pointed out that many of the ideas we take for granted in Western Europe were based on reports by people like Robert Wilson and other western observers, particularly British.
I thoroughly enjoyed it and found it very interesting to get a perspective from the Russian point of view. Lieven had access to original Russian archive material, as well as accounts from other non English sources. I thoroughly recommend it for anyone who has an interest in the Russian army of the Napoleonic period. @Col. Campbell: it was Tsar Alexander at this time, his brother Nicholas I succeeded him in 1825 (and was still Tsar when the Crimean War broke out in 1853) |
| 14Bore | 25 Sep 2022 7:50 a.m. PST |
One thing learned, I know many oob of Prussians had Russian batteries attached as Prussia was weakest in artillery. Should have known from that Prussia couldn't afford a bridging train and had to use Russia 's. My briding train is going to the Russian army. |
| 14Bore | 28 Sep 2022 3:46 p.m. PST |
Finished it, having a large Russian army glad I did. Just today got Tactics of the Russian Army in the Napoleonic Wars vol2 |
| von Winterfeldt | 28 Sep 2022 10:21 p.m. PST |
Indeed a good read, add to that the books by Mikaberidze about the 1812 campaign and his eyewitness reports series of 1807, 1812 and 1814 and then of course the two volumes by Zhmodikov and you will be able to gain a more blanced view about the Russian army in contrast to Wilson only. |
| John Tyson | 29 Sep 2022 11:19 a.m. PST |
Based upon this thread, I just ordered Dominic Lieven's "Russia Against Napoleon." Ordered the paperback version over Amazon and it is due to arrive tomorrow. I'm looking forward to reading it. |
