Memoirs of an Imperial Officer. Volume II
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Memoirs 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 the decisions he made, and the difficulties that were becoming increasingly difficult to cope with in the campaigns of the Grande Armée deprived him of his enthusiastic view of the profession of a military man.
The hopelessly dragging on Spanish War, his capture by the guerrillas and his deportation to England, from where he managed to escape at a risk to his life, much greater, we note, than on the battlefield. And, of course, the disastrous Russian campaign. As a result, according to the author, he "no longer found in the glory of arms a reward for the zeal and sacrifices that the honor of defending France forced him to make."
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.
The hopelessly dragging on Spanish War, his capture by the guerrillas and his deportation to England, from where he managed to escape at a risk to his life, much greater, we note, than on the battlefield. And, of course, the disastrous Russian campaign. As a result, according to the author, he "no longer found in the glory of arms a reward for the zeal and sacrifices that the honor of defending France forced him to make."
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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