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The war with Russia places unprecedented pressure on the Grand Armée and the Marshals begin to splinter.

The war with Russia places unprecedented pressure on the Grand Armée and the Marshals begin to splinter.

But if the war is punishing, the retreat through Russian winter is worse.

Written by Andrew Roberts
Read by Ben Cura
Producer Lu Kemp

Andrew Roberts (Lord Roberts of Belgravia) is an award-winning historian whose prize-winning books include Salisbury, Masters and Commanders, The Storm of War, Napoleon the Great, George III and Churchill: Walking with Destiny. An Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the French Republic, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, he is currently a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Stanford University, and Visiting Professor at King’s College, London.

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14 minutes

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Thu 12 Nov 202611:45

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  • Thu 12 Nov 202611:45
  • Fri 13 Nov 202600:30