Napoleon's marshals;

by Peter Young

Book by Brigadier Peter Young

203 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1973

About the author

Brigadier Peter Young, DSO, MC & 2 bars was a British soldier & WWII veteran. He served with the Commandos during that war, ultimately commanding a Brigade. After the war, he commanded a regiment on secondment to the Jordanian Arab Legion. After his retirement from the army, he became a lecturer at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, and eventually also a well-respected author of books on Military History, particularly with reference to the Second World War, the English Civil War & the Napoleonic Wars.

Reviews

[Robin Braysher · Rating 4 out of 5]

26 Marshals in 203 pages means there is not a lot of room for lots of biographical details and analysis, but what you get is their origins, military service, how they became a Marshal, service in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and how it ended for them. I chose this particular book on the Marshals because the late Brigadier Peter Young brings experience of command (commanded 1st Commando Brigade) and impressive credentials as a military historian (Head of the Military History Department at Sandhurst for 10 years); I wasn't disappointed. He provides some pithy comments on the abilities of the Marshals. This will be a useful reference book to have to hand as I continue my reading on the Napoleonic Wars.

[Ryan Scott · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did really like this book and I think it offered a good, but brief view into the lives of each of Napoleon's 26 Marshals of the Empire. I personally liked this book because it was easy to read and featured engravings that mirrored the famous portraiture of Napoleon's Marshals.