Аннотация
The Fields of Death
SIMON SCARROW
www.headline.co.uk
Copyright © 2010 Simon Scarrow
For James and Bob, for their unstinting dedication to the team.
Chapter 1
Napoleon
The Danube, April 1809
The defences of the Bohemian town of Ratisbon looked formidable indeed, Napoleon silently conceded as he swept his telescope along the aged walls and ditches confronting him. The retreating Austrian army had hastily thrown up more earthworks to bolster the existing defences and cannon muzzles were discernible in the embrasures of each redoubt, with more cannon mounted on the thick, squat towers of the old town. Here and there, the white-uniformed figures of the enemy regarded the French host approaching the town. Beyond the walls the pitched roofs and church spires were vague in the last vestiges of the early morning mist that had risen up from the Danube. On the far side of the river Napoleon could just pic...
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