Richaud

It got a little better. there was some action by Napoleon's marshals, the Army got on the march, and there were some character building moments, but this is still a 2.7 stars rounded up.

The Dragoon captain protagonist is inconsistent. Not that people need to be consistent. But, if you are the kind of monster who would dump your own wounded men in the snow to freeze in order to save some loot, aren't you also the kind of guy who would take liberties with a cute actress who fell into your show more hands?

Russia was a low point for Napoleon, but I think the artist and writer are a bit off on him. He does not seem like an emperor, or even a particularly effective administrator, which was not the case. Napoleon got shit done.

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It got a little better. there was some action by Napoleon's marshals, the Army got on the march, and there were some character building moments, but this is still a 2.7 stars rounded up.

The Dragoon captain protagonist is inconsistent. Not that people need to be consistent. But, if you are the kind of monster who would dump your own wounded men in the snow to freeze in order to save some loot, aren't you also the kind of guy who would take liberties with a cute actress who fell into your hands?

Russia was a low point for Napoleon, but I think the artist and writer are a bit off on him. He does not seem like an emperor, or even a particularly effective administrator, which was not the case. Napoleon got shit done. show less

I was interested in a graphic novel about Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Sadly, this wanders a little bit. It's not quite a historical narrative and not quite historical fiction with its own plot. i thought it was floundering somewhere in the middle and that there was little more than chance tying the characters together. It also mostly ignores Napoleon's marshals who were an interesting bunch and critical to all of his campaigns. Instead, it feature a bad tempered (he did just lose a hand) show more dragoon captain.

I might try volume 2, but I'm not impressed. show less

Once again I am indebted to NetGalley for providing a Kindle version of this book to read and honestly review.
However when i requested the book i had just recently read Adam Zamoyski's book 1812 Napolean's fatal march on Moscow, which i thoroughly enjoyed and therefore assumed this book was a similar non-fiction work concentrating on the battle of Berezina. Which to some extent is the case, but it is a graphic novel, and therefore not the best format for an Amazon Fire.
The kindle version show more does not do justice to the amazing illustrations in this book, hence the three star rating. show less

Number one of my wish list. A French Prix Goncourt put in sequential art. Two more volumes are announced.