Marshal Ney: the Bravest of the Brave

 
This biography of Michel Ney, Napoleon's marshal, describes his career in detail, from his enlistment as a hussar in the army of Louis XVI, his promotion through the ranks of the revolutionary armies and his long service under Napoleon. The author accounts also Ney's contribution to Napoleon's campaigns – Ulm and Austerlitz, Jena, Eylau and Friedland and the march on Moscow as well as Ney's last battle, Waterloo, and his subsequent execution by the returning Bourbons.