La sombra del águila/ The Shadow of the Eagle

by Arturo Pérez-Reverte

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La sombra del águila narra una historia ficticia basada en un hecho real: durante la campaña de Rusia de 1812, en un combate adverso para las tropas napoleónicas, un batallón de antiguos prisioneros españoles, enrolados a la fuerza en el ejército francés, intenta desertar, pasándose a los rusos. Interpretando erróneamente el movimiento, el emperador lo toma por un acto de heroísmo y ordena una carga de caballería en su auxilio que tendrá imprevisibles consecuencias. Este relato breve fue publicado en el diario El País en agosto de 1993, mientras Arturo Pérez-Reverte cubría, como reportero, el conflicto de Bosnia.

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Arturo Pérez-Reverte reveals a stark, humorous, piercing, tragic, and scathing vision of war and the human condition.
 
The Shadow of the Eagle is based on a true story. During the Russian campaign of 1812, as the Napoleonic troops fight a battle they are about to lose, a battalion of former Spanish prisoners, forcibly enrolled in the French army, tries to join the Russians. Misinterpreting their intentions, the Emperor takes it for an act of heroism and orders a cavalry charge to their aid, with unforeseeable consequences.
 
This short story was published in El País in August 1993, while Arturo Pérez-Reverte was reporting from Bosnia.
  • ISBN10 8466360956
  • ISBN13 9788466360951
  • Publish Date 2 January 2079 (first published 20 December 2022)
  • Publish Status Postponed Indefinitely
  • Publish Country ES
  • Imprint Debolsillo