Memoirs of General Kolenkur - an invaluable source on the history of Napoleon's most reckless and courageous enterprise - an attempt to conquer Russia. Throughout this campaign, Kolenkur was next to the emperor, recording a lot of details and details of the actions of the French army, the plans of its command. In the book, the reader will find apt characteristics of the French marshals and the Russian emperor, whom Kolenkur knew well and treated with great respect, descriptions of the battles.