Published on the occasion of Monacophil 2022
144 pp. - colour and b/w ill. - cloth-bound with gold inscriptions and colour cover - printed 2022
English and French text

This book should be a window on the epic Napoleonic world that is opened to its readers and testified to by authentic letters from its real protagonists.

Letters sent by soldiers to their parents or wives provide us with an insight into their lives.
We learn how both common soldiers and high-ranking officers continuously travelled the roads, as long as the fighting continued, looking for basic essentials, such as something to eat or a place to sleep.

The author has focused on the highly original theme of mail sent by the second Grande Armée, which was created for the Russian campaign.
This period was characterised by increasing difficulties affecting the organisation of postal services and losses suffered by the serviceman responsible for carrying mail who were hounded by the Cossacks.

The study concludes with an exhaustive list of all the postmarks used by the 2nd Grande Armée.