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Memories of an Imperial Officer. Volume II

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Memories of an Imperial Officer. Volume II
29.99 €
The second part of Louis François Lejeune's memoirs is devoted to the events of 1809-1813. He had grown older; with his promotion came responsibility for decisions, and the increasingly difficult challenges of the Grande Armée's campaigns deprived him of his enthusiastic view of the military profession.

The hopelessly protracted Spanish War, his capture by guerrillas, and his deportation to England, from where he managed to escape at a risk far greater than that of the battlefield. And, of course, the disastrous Russian campaign. As a result, as the author admits, he "no longer found in the glory of arms a reward for the zeal and sacrifices that the honor of defending France necessitated."

But that's not all. Louis François Lejeune devoted the last thirty-five years of his life to his beloved painting and distinguished himself as a talented administrator, including as mayor of Toulouse and director of the School of Fine Arts and Industry.
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