An account of the Military Campaign of the Year 1812: Edited and translated with additional notes and commentary by Jimmy Chen

2018 marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Field Marshal Prince Mikhail Bogdanovich Barclay de Tolly, one the senior commanders in the Russian Imperial Army during the Napoleonic Wars.As one of the senior commanders in the Russian army, Barclay's account of the 1812 campaign is an indispensable source for readers interested in the Napoleonic Wars and Napoleon's fateful invasion of Russia in 1812. It provides a rare insight of the campaign from a Russian perspective among the memoirs left by French officers and soldiers.This translation of Barclay de Tolly's Account of the Military Campaign of the Year 1812 by Jimmy Chen is the first publicly available translation of Barclay's memoirs into English. This edition includes notes and a biographical essay authored by the translator.About the Translator: Jimmy Chen studied BSc Government and History at the London School of Economics and Political Science, graduating in 2015 with First Class Honours.In 2017 he graduated from the University of Cambridge with an MPhil in Modern European History. His dissertation 'Music as an expression of Russian patriotism during the later Napoleonic Wars (1812-15)' was awarded the Members' History Prize for the best MPhil dissertation submitted through the University of Cambridge History Faculty during the academic year 2016-17.He works as a strategic communications consultant in London and has previously worked in Moscow for a financial communications firm. He has contributed articles and blog posts on Russian history and travel on several websites

Author: Mikhail Barclay de Tolly, Jimmy Chen

Publisher: Independently published

Publication Date: Dec 25, 2018

Number of Pages: 100 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 1983002119

ISBN-13: 9781983002113