(ed.) The Czar’s General: The Memoirs of a Russian General in the Napoleonic Wars by Alexey Yermolov

 
From the press:
Yermolov is a legend in Russia. A man who rose from obscurity to command armies and conquer provinces, he was the epitome of a military man of action. To his enemies he was a byword for brutality, but, to his homeland, a hero.
His memoirs are as dramatic as his rise to fame […]. Disgraced and exiled by […] Czar Paul he was brought back into service only to witness Russian defeat at the battle of Austerlitz in 1805. Honoured and advanced by his new patron, the […] Czar Alexander, Yermolov then made rapid progress. He witnessed at firsthand Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 but [also] marched into Paris in April 1814.
When peace was declared in Europe, [he] was sent into the Caucasus to conquer Chechnya, sparking Russia's long […] struggle to govern this unstable region.
Yermolov was a talented general who captured the spirit of his times in his […] memoirs. […] This book [… is] a unique source on the [Napoleonic] wars […].
 
Alexander Mikaberidze is a student of early nineteenth-century Russian history.