{"product_id":"9780802198044","title":"The Retreat","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Battle\u003c\/i\u003e: A novel that brings French history to life as Napoleon moves in on Russia—where the ultimate test awaits.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The French army stands at the gates of Moscow. Exhausted and demoralized, Napoleon’s men are a mere fraction of the four-hundred-thousand-strong force that crossed the river Niemen in the summer, just three months earlier. Still, the sight of this famous city feels like a triumph and a chance, at last, to enjoy a conqueror’s spoils.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The emperor expects to be met by city elders bearing tokens of surrender, but no one appears—Moscow has been evacuated. Napoleon, oblivious to the predicament before him, sends to Paris for comic novels and imagines that it is only a matter of time before Tsar Alexander sues for peace . . . \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In a novel that “brings a keen immediacy to the harrowing events” (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review), what follows is a waiting game—and, ultimately, a decision—that will brutally test the survival of twenty thousand soldiers and the resolve of a man hell-bent on power.","brand":"Grove\/Atlantic, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118359986416,"sku":"9780802198044","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780802198044_p0.jpg?v=1763727869","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780802198044","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}