The Girl Who Fought Napoleon: A Novel Of The Russian Empire - Plot & Excerpts
Prussia! Their vile King Frederick William antagonized Napoleon, challenging him to war on the battlefields of Jena and Auerstadt. What stupidity! Together we could have defeated this French ogre. But instead of waiting for us to join the Prussian army on the battlefield, Frederick William declared war and stood against Napoleon. Alone. Now their country is sliced into tidbits at Napoleon’s whim. I swear my allegiance to our supreme Tsar Alexander I. I shall die for him. I shall die for Russia. But for Prussia? Heilsberg. I see many men as white as sheets, I see them duck when a shell flies over as if they could evade it. Evidently in these men, fear has more force than reason. I have already seen a great many killed and maimed. It is pitiful to watch the wounded moaning and crawling over the so-called field of honor. What can ease the horror for a common soldier? For an educated man it is a completely different matter; the lofty feeling of honor, heroism, devotion to the emperor, and sacred duty to his native land compel him to face death fearlessly, endure suffering courageously, and part with life calmly.
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