by Arturo Pérez-Reverte · PUNTO DE LECTURA · tapa dura · ISBN 9788466320634
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«La sombra del águila» is the historical novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, published by Punto de Lectura in hardcover (144 pages, in Spanish).
A battalion of Spaniards forcibly recruited by Napoleon's army tries to desert during the 1812 Russian campaign and defect to the Russians. Napoleon, believing he sees a heroic action, orders a cavalry charge to help them, and the misunderstanding leads to an unexpected outcome. A tragicomic satire on war and anonymous heroism.
The story was published in the newspaper El País while Arturo Pérez-Reverte was covering the Bosnian conflict as a reporter. This is the third edition, published on August 28, 2007.
For readers of historical fiction and humor: a short story by Arturo Pérez-Reverte, author of the series Las aventuras del capitán Alatriste.
Periodista, ex reportero de guerra y novelista español, autor de la saga del capitán Alatriste y de novelas como La tabla de Flandes y El club Dumas.
