Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles Paperback - 2016
by Cornwell, Bernard
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- Title Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
- Author Cornwell, Bernard
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition UsedVeryGood
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks
- Date 2016-05-10
- Features Bibliography, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 52YZZZ00E4S2_ns
- ISBN 9780062312068 / 0062312065
- Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.3 x 1 in (20.32 x 13.46 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Aspects (Academic): Historical
- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Chronological Period: 1800-1850
- Cultural Region: Benelux
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: French
- Cultural Region: Germany
- Cultural Region: Western Europe
- Library of Congress subjects Belgium, Napoleon
- Dewey Decimal Code 940.274
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From the rear cover
"A great and terrible story told with energy and clarity by a writer who has a deep understanding of men in combat and why they do what they do."--The Economist
On June 18, 1815, the armies of France, Britain, and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days, the French army had beaten the Prussians at Ligny and fought the British to a standstill at Quatre-Bras. The Allies were in retreat. The little village north of where they turned to fight the French army was called Waterloo. The blood-soaked battle to which the town gave its name would become a landmark in European history.
In his first work of nonfiction, Bernard Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting chronicle of every dramatic moment--from Napoleon's daring escape from Elba to the smoke and gore of the three battlefields and their aftermath. Cornwell brings to life how it actually felt to fight those famous battles--as well as the moments of amazing bravery on both sides that left the outcome hanging in the balance until the bitter end.
"Waterloo is a fabulous story, superbly told. . . . Cornwell cannot be bettered."--Max Hastings, Sunday Times (LONDON)
