- Hardcover: 384 pages
- Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press (1 Aug 1976)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0809306913
- ISBN-13: 978-0809306916
- Product Dimensions: 23.2 x 16.7 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,170,722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Portrays Davout the administrator, unpopular commander, undefeated Napoleonic marshal, and loyal supporter of the emperor against the background of the military history of revolutionary and imperial France.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
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This book is the long awaited reprint of John Gallaher's 1976 classic account of one of Napoleon's greatest Marshals, Louis Davout, 'The Iron Marshal'. According to David Chandler, Davout was "one of the least liked as a man, the ablest as a commander, and the most feared - and respected - as an adversary. He was also, from 1798, one of the loyalist of Napoleon's key subordinates."
This is an excellent biography of a Napoleonic commander. The book covers Davout's military career from when he entered the Ecole royale militaire in 1779, through the Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and finally his death in 1823. The narrative flowed along faultlessly although I would have liked more detail in regards to Davout's battles. However the author has covered these battles well enough and provided eight maps to assist the reader in following the action. Davout fought in numerous campaigns from Egypt to Russia and was successful always, his most famous battle being at Auerstadt.
Mr Gallaher has also supplied the reader with some insight into Davout the man with details of his relationship with his devoted wife and the tragedies of his children. You leave this book with a feeling that Davout was a man who did his all for duty (France and the Emperor) but never forgot his family. I loved reading this book and I felt it was not long enough (420 pages). I fretted about finishing, I wanted more, I did not want to put the book down nor finish it!
I would recommend this book to anyone who loves reading about the napoleonic period or anybody who enjoys a decent military biography. This is a great book about a great commander.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A detailed study of one of the most successful & undefeated of Napoleon's Marshal's. This definitive biography - the only available study of the Iron Marshal in English - charts Davout's career from his enlistment as a Volunteer in the Republican army to his appointment as Minister of War in 1815. A veteran
of campaigns in Germany and along the Rhine under the flags of the
Republic, Davout first came to Napoleon's attention in Egypt and he was
created a marshal in 1804. He quickly won a reputation as a fierce
disciplinarian, an energetic and resolute leader, a capable subordinate and
a succesful and trusted independent commander - as demonstrated in Egypt, and at Austerlitz, Jena-Auerstadt, Eckmuhl, Eylau, Wagram, the 1812 Russian campaign Hamburg and more
Based on extensive research in the Davout family papers and a deep understanding of the Napoleonic military machine, this superb biography stands as a unique source on Napoleon and the men who forged triumph from success. He joined the Royal Army just prior to the French Revolution and soon became one of Napoleon's strongest supporters.
Carbondale 1976, Southern Illinois Univ, hard bound in dust jacket, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2, xi, 420 pp, 9 maps, 9 illus, notes, bibliog, index.
of campaigns in Germany and along the Rhine under the flags of the
Republic, Davout first came to Napoleon's attention in Egypt and he was
created a marshal in 1804. He quickly won a reputation as a fierce
disciplinarian, an energetic and resolute leader, a capable subordinate and
a succesful and trusted independent commander - as demonstrated in Egypt, and at Austerlitz, Jena-Auerstadt, Eckmuhl, Eylau, Wagram, the 1812 Russian campaign Hamburg and more
Based on extensive research in the Davout family papers and a deep understanding of the Napoleonic military machine, this superb biography stands as a unique source on Napoleon and the men who forged triumph from success. He joined the Royal Army just prior to the French Revolution and soon became one of Napoleon's strongest supporters.
Carbondale 1976, Southern Illinois Univ, hard bound in dust jacket, 6 1/4 x 9 1/2, xi, 420 pp, 9 maps, 9 illus, notes, bibliog, index.
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Having studied the history of a man who was chief of staff to Davout and who found himself accused of participation in the Violet Revolution after the return of the Bourbons, I had hoped for more detail on the heart-wrenching experience Davout and his senior officers went through in 1815 and the revolt he had on his hands from some of his closest staff when it came to whether or not to resist an assault on Paris. He gave way to the Allies, most of his men felt betrayed.
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