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The Final Act: The Roads to Waterloo
by Dallas, Gregor
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0805031847
- ISBN 13
- 9780805031843
- Seller
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Forestdale, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Henry Holt & Co, 1997. New book, some shelf wear to jacket. 544 pages. This book focuses on the diplomatic maneuving during the period Spring 1814 to Summer 1815. This books great strength is its concern not just with maps and treaties, but with the detailed reconstruction of the social and cultural world of the European Elites of the period. The personalities of all the key players are brilliantly drawn and many historical stereotypes shattered in the process. Much of the book revolves around the Congress, where statesmen hammered out the shape of Europe for the next hundred years. This book is proof that any history - even diplomatic history - can be enjoyable and entertaining as well as instructive.. Hard Cover. As New/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Viceroy Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000903
- Title
- The Final Act: The Roads to Waterloo
- Author
- Dallas, Gregor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- ISBN 10
- 0805031847
- ISBN 13
- 9780805031843
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1997
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- EUROPE BIOGRAPHY WATERLOO BATTLE 1815 NAPOLEONIC 100 DAYS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Napoleonic History;
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Viceroy Books
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Viceroy Books
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