The Illustrious Dead The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army

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ISBN: 9780307394057 | 0307394050
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 6/1/2010

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In a masterful dual narrative that pits the heights of human ambition and achievement against the supremacy of nature, New York Times bestselling author Stephan Talty tells the story of a mighty ruler and a tiny microbe, antagonists whose struggle would shape the modern world. Book jacket.

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Dramatis Personae: Command Structures and Coalitions	p. xiv
Introduction: Old Bones	p. 3
Incarnate	p. 7
A Portable Metropolis	p. 21
Drumbeat	p. 35
Crossing	p. 46
Pursuit	p. 58
Smolensk	p. 70
The Sound of Flames	p. 80
Smoke	p. 100
At Borodino	p. 110
Clash	p. 130
The Hospital	p. 157
The Last City	p. 172
Decision	p. 192
Two Roads	p. 205
Graveyard Trees	p. 225
Epilogue: Rendezvous in Germany	p. 253
Author's Note: The Doorway of the Hospital at Tunis	p. 267
Glossary	p. 277
Notes	p. 279
Sources	p. 297
Acknowledgments	p. 303
Index	p. 305
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The Illustrious Dead The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleon's Greatest Army

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