Description du livre
The terrible Russian winter has engulfed the retreat, and the Grande
Armée is no more. Mercilessly harassed by the fierce Cossacks, a few
thousand men only continue to trudge forward, weak, starving,
emaciated, leaving a trail of frozen dead behind. And as Russian
regular forces prepare to surround and trap them, the weather
suddenly turns warmer, making rivers impassable. To escape, they will
have to somehow cross a river whose name would soon become synonymous
with tragedy: the Berezina …