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By Tim Simmons.  Hard Copy

Decorated for valor by France and Poland and made one of Napoleon's inner circle, Dezydery Chlapowski's Memoirs of a Polish Lancer describes life at the heart of the aciton. He served as an Aide de Camp for Napoleon in the Spanish Campaign of 1808. In his memoirs, he wrote for the education of young Polish gentlemen and describes how to conduct a successful charge, how to make a patrol, and how the various intriques of the Imperial Household would force him to leave service in favor of his homeland. Follow the exploits of a true hero in Memoirs of a Polish Lancer.