Published by Abacus (2015)
Pages 680 plus covers
First Published in 2014 by British publishers Little, Brown
Book Group, "Waterloo", four days that changed Europe's destiny contains seventy-six chapters set in three sections.
They are Part One: Preparations which is all about Napoleons escape from Elba on 26th
February 1815 to the horror of the British Government. His journey through
France and how he picked up his supporters on his return to Paris. Wellington
waiting to invade France with the Allies for early July, and much more.
Part Two is all about The Invasion of the Netherlands. The
France army gets their marching orders and cross the border. The slow march
through Charleroi as the Prussian outposts pull back and the taking of all the
villages on their way. The Prince of Orange at Quatre Bras with the Battles of
Ligny and Wavre.
Part Three is all
about The Battle of Waterloo.
From newly discovered sources of letters and diaries from
The Emperor Napoleon, The Duke of Wellington, and from ordinary officers and
soldiers of the three armies. It tells the story of the four days of the Battle
of Waterloo with its extreme weather and brutal fighting. The book also offers
two sections of full colour pictures with black and white maps of the
battlefield at certain time; the author makes the fog of war central to the
narrative as we are thrown into the chaos and din of battle. The last greatest
battle of the horse and musket period. This book is great for information as
the French advanced through Belgium again it is great for setting up little
skirmishes to the larger battles.
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