Illustrious Dead : The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleons Greatest Army

English

ISBN: 0307394050

EAN: 9780307394057

Category: Biography & Autobiography / Historical/Biography & Autobiography / Military/History / Military / General/History / Military / Other/History / Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union/Medical / Epidemiology/History / Europe / France/

Publisher: Crown Publishing Group

Release Date: 05/28/2010

Synopsis: 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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Illustrious Dead : The Terrifying Story of How Typhus Killed Napoleons Greatest Army

Illustrated: No

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.7 inches

Width: 5.19 inches

Length: 7.99 inches

Weight: 9.31 oz

Pages: 336