Through Russian Snows; A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
                        
                     
                                                         
                
                    Through Russian Snows; A Story of Napoleon's Retreat from Moscow
                                            
                            By G. A. Henty
                            
                                14 Nov, 2019                            
                            
                         
                                        
                                                                        Henty gives us two brothers as heroes, Frank and Julian Wyatt from Weymouth. Julian, through some fault of his own, is carried to France by smugglers and ends up in a French prison. Given the opportunity to fight for France in Germany, Julian agrees 
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                                                Henty gives us two brothers as heroes, Frank and Julian Wyatt from Weymouth. Julian, through some fault of his own, is carried to France by smugglers and ends up in a French prison. Given the opportunity to fight for France in Germany, Julian agrees and is off to the invasion of Russia.
Brother Frank obtains a commission in the army in England, learns Russian, fights a duel, and is sent on detached service to Russia as aide-de-camp to Sir Robert Wilson. Less