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Scarrow Simon

Книга "The Generals"

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  1. THE GENERALS SIMON SCARROW headline www.headline.co.uk Copyright © ...
    1. THE GENERALS SIMON SCARROW headline www.headline.co.uk ...
    2. Copyright © 2007 Simon Scarrow ...
    3. Simon Scarrow worked for many years as a college lecturer. His lifelong fascination with history...
    4. For Pat and Mick Thanks for the good craic over the years ...
    5. Chapter 1 Napoleon Paris, 1795 It was a hot day early in August and the heat lay ac...
    6. Chapter 2 ‘I’ve sold my carriage,’ Napoleon said as he poured more wine into the cups of his ...
    7. Chapter 3 The Minister of War gestured to the chair that had been positioned on the opposite ...
    8. Chapter 4 One morning, late in September, Napoleon was taking his usual morning stroll throug...
    9. Chapter 5 ‘How many men do you have under your command?’ Napoleon asked. ‘Five thousand,’ ...
    10. Chapter 6 The royalists spilled out of the avenue leading from the Rue Saint-Honoré and flowe...
    11. Chapter 7 Over the next two days the royalists’ rebellion crumbled as the government troops h...
    12. Chapter 8 The following week Napoleon made sure that the malcontents of Paris realised that t...
    13. Chapter 9 ‘Congratulations, sir!’ Murat grinned as he strode up to them in the hall of Madame...
    14. Chapter 10 Arthur Dublin, 1795 After the frozen horrors of the campaign in the Low ...
    15. Chapter 11 Arthur could not face going to see Kitty in her own home, in case Tom was there. I...
    16. Chapter 12 ‘I’m sorry, Wesley, but there are no seats available for you on either the treasur...
    17. Chapter 13 ‘This is just what I needed first thing on a Monday morning,’ Lord Camden grumbled...
    18. Chapter 14 December, 1795 It was a fine, clear winter day and the harbour at Southampt...
    19. Chapter 15 Napoleon Italy, April 1796 ‘I don’t think they’re going to be happy abou...
    20. Chapter 16 By the time the last of his senior staff officers had arrived Napoleon had formed ...
    21. Chapter 17 ‘When will those damned Austrians turn and fight us!’ Napoleon fumed, glaring at h...
    22. Chapter 18 Five days later the French army entered Milan.The people of the city thronged the ...
    23. Chapter 19 As soon as he reached the army headquarters in the bishop’s mansion in Brescia Nap...
    24. Chapter 20 She arched her back and thrust against him as Napoleon groaned, his body shudderin...
    25. Chapter 21 The Bridge at Arcola The crackle of muskets sounded flat through the dawn mist ...
    26. Chapter 22 February 1797 ‘It seems that the Directory has finally decided to reward ou...
    27. Chapter 23 Arthur Calcutta, February 1797 From the quarterdeck of the Queen Charlot...
    28. Chapter 24 The barracks that had been allocated to the 33rd were in a deplorable condition, A...
    29. Chapter 25 Spring gave way to summer and the heat increased to stifling proportions, but Arth...
    30. Chapter 26 As the ships raised their anchors and were carried slowly downriver with the Hoogl...
    31. Chapter 27 Napoleon Paris, December 1797 The treaty that France had signed with Aus...
    32. Chapter 28 Napoleon’s desire to hide himself from public view lasted until the ceremony held ...
    33. Chapter 29 Egypt, July 1798 The three-decker, L’Orient, loomed above the other ships o...
    34. Chapter 30 As dawn painted the sky pink two days later Napoleon and his staff departed Alexan...
    35. Chapter 31 ‘Over there, sir.’ Berthier handed him the telescope and pointed to the south. It ...
    36. Chapter 32 The enemy abandoned Cairo during the following night and two days later, on 24 Jul...
    37. Chapter 33 Arthur Calcutta, May 1798 ‘By God! It does my heart good to see you agai...
    38. Chapter 34 In the following weeks there was a constant stream of communications between the n...
    39. Chapter 35 The streets were bathed in the fitful light of the moon as scattered shreds of clo...
    40. Chapter 36 ‘Egypt?’ Arthur’s eyebrows rose in astonishment. ‘When did they invade?’ ‘At th...
    41. Chapter 37 While Arthur attended to his duties the 33rd Foot was sent forward to Wallajabad. ...
    42. Chapter 38 ‘Dead?’ ‘Or as good as,’ General Harris continued. ‘The fool got himself into a...
    43. Chapter 39 Napoleon Alexandria, August 1798 Aboukir Bay reeked of death and destruc...
    44. Chapter 40 ‘You have to admire their sense of humour.’ Napoleon smiled as he laid down the di...
    45. Chapter 41 ‘The Sultan’s declared war on France?’ Napoleon stared at Berthier as his chief of...
    46. Chapter 42 Under the covering fire of occasional blasts of grapeshot from the batteries the e...
    47. Chapter 43 ‘That delay at El Arish is about to cost us dearly,’ Napoleon said as he surveyed ...
    48. Chapter 44 ‘Colonel Pesset, you’re supposed to be at Haifa, waiting for the siege guns.’> ...
    49. Chapter 45 ‘Having maintained ourselves in the heat of Syria for three months, with only a ha...
    50. Chapter 46 Arthur Amboor, India, February 1799 When General Harris and his army rea...
    51. Chapter 47 The army advanced along the Baramahal valley, which led west from Amboor. The floo...
    52. Chapter 48 Seringapatam, April 1799 The army came in sight of Tipoo’s capital on the after...
    53. Chapter 49 Throughout April the army pushed its siege lines forward, capturing the enemy posi...
    54. Chapter 50 Napoleon Paris, October 1799 Josephine entered the house as quietly as s...
    55. Chapter 51 ‘Barras cost us more than we anticipated,’ Lucien explained. ‘He wouldn’t go for l...
    56. Chapter 52 ‘Moreau?’ Napoleon eased himself lower into his bath so that the water lapped over...
    57. Chapter 53 The air was as clear and fresh as any Napoleon had ever tasted and he breathed dee...
    58. Chapter 54 Marengo, 14 June 1800 The Austrian attack rolled forward just as Lannes’s a...
    59. Chapter 55 Arthur Seringapatam, May 1799 As the sun rose on Tipoo’s capital, the da...
    60. Chapter 56 ‘I am honoured, sahib.’ Purneah bowed his head. ‘But why ask me?’ ‘For a number...
    61. Chapter 57 ‘At last,’ Arthur muttered as he finished reading the dispatch from Richard. He la...
    62. Chapter 58 As Arthur had anticipated, Dhoondiah Waugh divided his army into three smaller for...
    63. Chapter 59 When news of the death of Dhoondiah Waugh reached the Peshwa of the Mahratta feder...
    64. Chapter 60 Trincomalee, Ceylon, January 1801 Out in the harbour the transports lay at ...
    65. Chapter 61 The fleet set sail early in February and arrived at Bombay in March. During the vo...
    66. Chapter 62 Napoleon Paris, July 1800 ‘I gave them a great victory!’ Napoleon slamme...
    67. Chapter 63 Napoleon followed Josephine as she went from the remains of one carriage to the ne...
    68. Chapter 64 The cardinal from Rome began his delivery in Latin and the words, read in a monoto...
    69. Chapter 65 Despite the Treaty of Amiens, Napoleon kept a wary eye on the activities of the En...
    70. Chapter 66 Arthur Poona, August 1803 Arthur laid down his razor and began to rinse ...
    71. Chapter 67 ‘There’s nothing complicated about it, gentlemen,’ Arthur explained.‘We haven’t go...
    72. Chapter 68 Assaye, 23 September 1803 ‘Good God . . .’ Fitzroy muttered as he gazed at ...
    73. Chapter 69 Arthur allowed two days for his army to recover their strength. While the survivor...
    74. Author’s note One of the most fascinating aspects of writing this series has been recreating ...
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