From Smuggler to Marshal: The Brilliant - and Flawed - Career of André Masséna

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Welcome to The Memoirs of Baron de Marbot!

In Volume III, Baron de Marbot bears witness to the final unraveling of Napoleon’s Empire. He rides with the Grande Armée into Russia and survives its catastrophic retreat, then fights through the grinding campaigns of Germany and the desperate defense of France in 1814.

Promotions come amid chaos, courage is tested against exhaustion and loss, and loyalty is strained as allies fall away. The volume culminates in the drama of 1815 and the aftermath of Waterloo, where defeat finally ends the Napoleonic era. This is Marbot at his most reflective and hard-earned — a soldier who has seen glory, catastrophe, and the true cost of empire.

Chapter 1: André Masséna

This chapter intertwines a deeply personal disappointment with a sweeping portrait of one of Napoleon’s greatest marshals. The narrator recounts his marriage, personally sanctioned by Napoleon, and the bitter shock of being passed over for promotion due to court politics and favoritism. From there, the story broadens into a vivid, unsparing biography of André Masséna: his rise from smuggler to legendary general, his greatest victories at Zurich and Rivoli, his fatal flaws—greed, caution, and courtly cunning—and his gradual decline under the Empire and the Restoration. The chapter closes with Masséna’s fall from power, his uneasy role after Waterloo, and his death in semi-disgrace, leaving behind a legacy both tarnished and magnificent.

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