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The Fox of the North
The Life of Kutuzov, General of War and Peace
ISBN: 043211601X
Publisher: Peter Davies, London, UK
Published: 1976
Binding: HARDcover with dustjacket 253 pages - illustrated
Condition: UNread condition! A retired display copy!
Edition: FIRST UK EDITION; FIRST PRINTING!
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UNread - it was the display copy. It is Tight - neat, no inscriptions or marks. Appears as in my photos - this is the exact copy - A nicely preserved copy - superb!
Minimal, if any, discernible shelf wear, the interior is tight and clean with 253 pages.
Published by Peter Davies, London, UK – this is the First British Edition from 1976. Superb brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine in a stunning pictorial dust jacket which is NOT price clipped. Endpapers feature map of Central Europe.
There’s 253 pages with an Index and 11 black and white illustrations and 6 maps.
In
original cloth HARDcover binding, in publisher's lovely shiny pictorial dustcover.
SYNOPSIS
The Life of Kutuzov - General of War & Peace.
ABOUT THIS AUTHOR
Roger
Parkinson (b 1939), military historian.
Parkinson has written several books on the Second World War, and in particular
on Dunkirk, the Desert Campaign and Pearl Harbour, and has published
biographies of famous commanders such as Blucher, Clausewitz, Kutuzov,
Ludendorff and Zapata.
His papers include typescripts and drafts of books and articles, some of which
were published under the pseudonym of Matthew Holden; notes and files on
military history, including the Vietnam War, NATO and Malaya; notes and files
on the War Cabinet papers; photographs; and reel-to-reel audio tape recordings
One of the best biogarphies of Kutuzov…… Although Parkinson wrote this book in a very young age back in 1976, he presented the real General Michail Illarionovich Kutuzov overturning many myths that were built about him. Of course the largest part of the book is devoted to Kutuzov's role in the 1812 campaign but there are also many interesting details about his eralier carreer and his successes (and terrible wounds) while fighting against the Turks at the Danube front. A well balanced and accurate source for anyone who wishes to learn more about the famous hero of Tolstoy's "War and Peace" and the menace of Napoleon's Grand Armee in the Russian steppes.
Straightforward and concise, and a fine undertaking…….Good biography about a remarkable general, who despite considerable rehabilitation of his image in recent decades, generally speaking still doesn't receive the appreciation that he deserves. The author - as did Tolstoy in "War and Peace," does an especially fine job of carefully detailing the intrigues and incompetence with which Kutuzov had to contend at every turn during the campaign of 1812 (the repeated smears by the English military attache, Wilson, were particularly irksome and tiresome), while patiently implementing his plan and manouevers which saved Russia and spelled the end of Napoleonic dominance in Europe.
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