Goethe, Volume 5
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Campaign in France 1792 -Siege of Mainz, Goethe's narrative of the unsuccessful campaign and the siege, has become a classic text for the history of Franco-German relations during the revolutionary period. A product of recollection, historical hindsight, and considerable study of other published sources, it is a fascinating document of the military catastrophe exposing the decline of Prussian power since the death of Frederick II, which eventually culminated in Napoleon's devastating 1806 victory at Jena and Auerstedt.
Thomas P. Saine (1941–2013) was professor emeritus of German at the University of California, Irvine. His books include Black Bread-White Bread: German Intellectuals and the French Revolution. Jeffrey L. Sammons (1936–2021) was the Leavenworth Professor of German Literature Emeritus at Yale University. His books include Heinrich Heine: A Modern Biography (Princeton).