To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Napoleon I, we wanted to commemorate the event by presenting the most glorious among the military campaigns of the Empire, Those of 1805 and 1806- 1807, through the Emperor's own words from legendary Bulletins of the Grand Army proclamations, official letters and Those addressed to the French Senate and the sovereign enemies and allies, and private Both Those intended for the Josephine, Which give us a more intimate and personal picture of Napoleon in the war; Often difficult to find documents in the Italian Gathered here for the first time.Parading thus before our eyes the dazzling victories of Ulm and Austerlitz, Jena and Friedland, but the carnage of Eylau, the Peace of Pressburg, the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples, the Continental System and the meeting with the Tsar Alexander I at Tilsitt. They are important not only pages from the historical point of view but from That Also of literature: Leonardo Sciascia scrittoche if Napoleon had not Been Napoleon would sono stati Stendhal ; and Guido Gerosa: His proclamations are the most beautiful texts of contemporary history ...The volume, edited by a leading Italian military historians, Pierluigi Romeo Colloredo Mels, is enhanced by the beautiful works That Colonel Stefano Manni Island Torre Maina, Soldier and Artist with a capital, he has dedicated to the Great Epoque .
Hard-to-find documents are brought together here for the first time in a single work. In this way, the reader is made aware of the dazzling victories of Ulm and Austerlitz, Jena and Friedland, but also the slaughter of Eylau, the Peace of Pressburg, the conquest of the Kingdom of Naples, Napoleon I's continental system of rule and the meeting with Tsar Alexander I in Tilsit. The writings presented here are not only important from a historical perspective, but also from a literary one.
