The Cavalry Maiden Journals Of A Female Russian Officer In The Napoleonic Wars

The Story

In December 1807 Tsar Alexander I personally granted a commission in the hussars to a young cavalryman who had shown exceptional valor in the summer's campaign against the French. The Tsar knew, and some fellow officers soon guessed, that this brave soldier was a woman.

A paperback edition from 1988 of The Cavalry Maiden Journals Of A Female Russian Officer In The Napoleonic Wars by Nadezhda Durova. It runs to 242 pages, in very good condition. We hold one copy, so once it is gone it is gone. Shelved under Biography & Memoir. Wrapped with care for collectors and shipped from Kuwait.