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Battle of Austerlitz


 

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Cultural References

  • Austerlitz is remembered as a significant battleground in Carl Sandburg's poem Grass.
  • Austerlitz is the title of one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, by the German-born, British-based writer W. G. ('Max') Sebald. The Napoleonic battle is not a central reference in the novel but there are many echoes.
  • The Battle of Austerlitz holds a prominent place in Part Three of Leo Tolstoy's great novel War and Peace.