Happy New Year everyone!

I am please to announce that volume II of "Russian Voices of the Napoleonic Wars" is now available. The new installment in this series is the memoirs of Ilya Timofeyevich Radozhitskii, who served with distinction during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1812, he served in the 3rd Light Company of the 11th Artillery Brigade of the 6th Infantry Corps, and distinguished himself during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. He was wounded at Ostrovno, and witnessed the battles of Smolensk, Lubino (Valutina Gora) and Borodino, lamented the surrender of Moscow and distinguished himself at Vyazma. From October to December 1812, he was an eyewitness to the catastrophe that engulfed the Grande Armée. The memoirs, which Leo Tolstoy consulted extensively while writing his famous “War and Peace,” are fascinating for their vivid descriptions and insights into Russian army life and wartime experiences. This volume contains part 1 dealing with the 1812 Campaign, and two more volumes (1813 and 1814 Campaigns) of his memoirs are in works.

I want to thank Michael Hopper for his generous help in reviewing the draft manuscript of this volume.

Best wishes,
Alex