Berezina (Berezina #2)

September 1812. Moscow is now in French hands, but a large part of the city has burned down, and it's been emptied of all food, fodder, and warm clothes. Even as winter approaches, and against the advice of his generals, Napoleon insists on staying, convinced that the Czar will soon surrender to him. But both soldiers and civilians increasingly suffer from hunger and the cold, and the terrifying Cossacks constantly harry any troops sent out to forage for food.