The emperor's friend : Marshal Jean Lannes / Margaret Scott Chrisawn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chrisawn, Margaret Scott, 1945-

Series:

Contributions in military studies 0883-6884 ; no. 191.

Contributions in military studies, 0883-6884 ; no. 191

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lannes, Jean, duc de Montebello, 1769-1809.

Lannes, Jean.

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Friends and associates.

Napoleon.

Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821.

France. Armée.

Friends and associates.

Marshals--France--Biography.

Marshals.

History.

France.

Ambassadors--France--Biography.

Ambassadors.

France. Armée--History--Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 259 pages : maps, plans ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport : Greenwood Press, 2001.

Summary:

Marshal Jean Lannes was best known for his military skills as one of Napoleon's stellar senior officers, but he was also an unconventional diplomat, who was unafraid to tell his friend the Emperor exactly what was on his mind.

Contents:

Introduction: D'Artagnan's Successor, 1769-1792 ix

1. The Dyer's Apprentice at War and in Love: L'Armee des Pyrenees-orientales, 1793-1795 1

2. Friends in High Places: L'Armee d'Italie, 1795-1797 15

3. Crocodiles Fighting in the Reeds: L'Armee d'Orient, 1798-1799 39

4. Following Hannibal and Caesar: L'Armee de Reserve, 1800 63

5. A Military Bull in a Diplomatic China Shop: Lisbon, 1802-1804 87

6. The Sun and a Few Stars: Austerlitz, 1805 103

7. Revanche on a Grand Scale: Jena, 1806 133

8. Advance-guard Extraordinaire: Friedland, 1807 157

9. The Dogs of War: The Second Siege of Saragossa, 1808-1809 187

10. Until the Last One's Gone: Essling, 1809 213

Conclusion: Le Chevalier sans peur et sans reproche 247.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0313310629

OCLC:

43540466