The Two Great Retreats of History (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

This 1896 volume contains an excerpt from Grote’s History of Greece, “The Retreat of the Ten Thousand,” about the Greek mercenary units, started by Cyrus the Younger, and the many battles won on their 2,000 mile retreat to the sea. Also included is Segur's abridged narrative of “Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow.”

© 2011 Barnes & Noble (E-bog): 9781411459939

Release date

E-bog: 12. juli 2011