The Iron Marshal: A Biography of Louis N. Davout

John G. Gallaher

Southern Illinois University Press, 1976 - Biography & Autobiography - 420 pages

This first biography in English of Davout, the most successful of Napoleon's com­manders, made Marshal of the Empire, places the man in historical perspective.

Louis N. d'Avout (later Davout) was born in 1770. He died in 1823, having lived a life encompassing the span of French history from the Revolution to the restoration of Louis XVIII. He was born into an old and distinguished military Burgundian family and served France as a soldier all his life.

Gallaher pays particular attention to Davout's career as a Napoleonic com­mander and military administrator. Hence, the new point of view Gallaher brings to his work and his original research into the documents provide an historical perspec­tive on the complex Napoleonic wars and other military history of the period.

Contents

• THE EARLY YEARS: 3
• 2 THE VOLUNTEER: 13
• 3 THE REPUBLICAN GENERAL: 26

About the author

John G. Gallaher is Professor of His­tory at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Iron Marshal: A Biography of Louis N. Davout
• Author: John G. Gallaher
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press, 1976
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Nov 20, 2006
• ISBN: 0809306913, 9780809306916
• Length: 420 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / General; Biography & Autobiography / Military; History / Europe / France