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The author explains that the basis of the book is a series of letters he wrote to his mother many years after the war. He notes that he can contribute to the historical record because, as a common soldier, he was able to experience and observe much about the war that the senior officers missed.
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Vallombrosa was the site of a famous Benedictine monastery in Tuscany.
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Presumably, he’s referring to his long-term disability and ill health.
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Kelly, A. (2019). Preface. In: Carl Rückert's Memoirs of the Franco-Prussian War. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95804-0_1
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