Davout in the historiography of Borodino
Marshal Louis Nicolas Davout in the historiography of the battle of Borodino
Francesco Rubini
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The personality of Marshal Davout in the Russian Campaign of 1812 on the basis of his memoires and documents of personal nature: an analysis of the electronic resources on the topic
Francesco Rubini
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[@Kevin F. Kiley] However, authors of historical fiction do have an influence in popular understanding and views on historical events. Much of ancient and medieval history has it’s Shakespeare. Where would Waterloo be without Thackeray, Scott or Hugo. Or perhaps today Dino di Laurentis, Sergei Bondarchuk or Bernard Cromwell? Certainly their romanticism has drifted into (infected?) more than one biography or more serious work. We see many of these notions abroad amongst one or two of our fellow forumites, on occasion. I believe therefore that if we ignore them in our examination of the historiography we do so at our peril. To do so on the quality of the writing seems especially egregious.