La Sombra Del Águila/ The Shadow of the Eagle

La Sombra Del Águila/ The Shadow of the Eagle

Paperback | Spanish

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Publisher's Synopsis

La sombra del águila narra una historia ficticia basada en un hecho real: durante la campaña de Rusia de 1812, en un combate adverso para las tropas napoleónicas, un batallón de antiguos prisioneros españoles, enrolados a la fuerza en el ejército francés, intenta desertar, pasándose a los rusos. Interpretando erróneamente el movimiento, el emperador lo toma por un acto de heroìsmo y ordena una carga de caballerìa en su auxilio que tendrá imprevisibles consecuencias. Este relato breve fue publicado en el diario El Paìs en agosto de 1993, mientras Arturo Pérez-Reverte cubrìa, como reportero, el conflicto de Bosnia.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

Arturo Pérez-Reverte reveals a stark, humorous, piercing, tragic, and scathing vision of war and the human condition.
 
The Shadow of the Eagle is based on a true story. During the Russian campaign of 1812, as the Napoleonic troops fight a battle they are about to lose, a battalion of former Spanish prisoners, forcibly enrolled in the French army, tries to join the Russians. Misinterpreting their intentions, the Emperor takes it for an act of heroism and orders a cavalry charge to their aid, with unforeseeable consequences.
 
This short story was published in El Paìs in August 1993, while Arturo Pérez-Reverte was reporting from Bosnia.

Book information

ISBN: 9788466360951
Publisher: PRH Grupo Editorial
Imprint: Debolsillo
Language: Spanish
Number of pages: 152
Weight: 369g
Height: 188mm
Width: 127mm