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    Berezina: From Moscow to Paris Following Napoleon’s Epic Fail
    Berezina: From Moscow to Paris Following Napoleon’s Epic Fail
    Berezina: From Moscow to Paris Following Napoleon’s Epic Fail
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    Berezina: From Moscow to Paris Following Napoleon’s Epic Fail

    Written by Sylvain Tesson

    Narrated by Brian Holsopple

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    Lire Magazine Best Travel Book

    Take four friends, put them on two Ural motorcycles (complete with sidecars), send them off on a 2,500-mile odyssey retracing history’s most famous retreat, add what some might consider an excessive amount of Vodka, and you’ve got Sylvain Tesson’s Berezina, a riotous and erudite book that combines travel, history, comradery, and adventure.

    The retreat of Napoleon’s Grande Armée from Russia culminated, after a humiliating loss, with the crossing of the River Berezina, a word that henceforth became synonymous with unmitigated disaster for the French and national pride for the Russians. Two hundred years after this battle, Sylvain Tesson and his friends retrace Napoleon’s retreat, along the way reflecting on the lessons of history, the meaning of defeat, and the realities of contemporary Europe. A great read for history buffs and for anyone who has ever dreamed of an adventure that is out of the ordinary.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherEverand Productions
    Release dateAug 24, 2021
    ISBN9781094426556
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    Sylvain Tesson

    Sylvain Tesson has traveled the world by bicycle, train, horse, and motorcycle, and on foot. His bestselling accounts of his travels have won numerous prizes, including the Dolman Best Travel Book Award. Berezina is his first book to appear in English.

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      Crónica de un viaje en motocicleta que sigue los pazos de Napoléon luego de su aventura rusa, su gran derrota y el principio de su caída. La crónica con vina muy bien la experiencia de los viajeros a través de Rusia, desde Moscú -es el país en el que más tiempo pasan y al que más dedica espacio dada la importancia que tuvo para la derrota de la Grand armée-, hasta los Inválidos en París, con la consignación de los hechos de 1812, desde el momento en el que los ejércitos napoleónicos entraron en Rusia hasta que el emperador volvió a su capital.