| Book Description
9 plates 9 maps 5 x 8
* Based on meticulous research of primary sources
* The wars, campaigns, and battles of Napoleon's ablest marshal
Louis Davout's prodigious talent for war made him one of Napoleon's most effective,
capable and feared
lieutenants. With masterful prose, John Gallaher paints a complete picture of the man who
was outstanding in
battle and brilliant on campaign.
This definitive biography-the only available study of the Iron Marshal-charts Davout's
career from his enlistment
as a Volunteer in the Republican army to his appointment as Minister for War in 1815.
Based on extensive research on the Davout family papers and a deep understanding of the
Napoleonic military
machine, this superb biography stands as a unique source on Napoleon and the men who
forged triumph from
success.
John G. Gallaher is a professor of history at Southern Illinois University, a respected
historian of the Napoleonic
era and the author of Napoleon's Irish Legion and General Alexandre Dumas.
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