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Waterloo - The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles (Hardcover)
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Waterloo - The History of Four Days, Three Armies and Three Battles (Hardcover)
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The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller 'A fabulous story, superbly
told ... cannot be bettered' Max Hastings 'Some battles change
nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.' On the 18th June 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 British at Quatre-Bras and the Prussians at
Ligny. The Allies were in retreat. The blood-soaked battle of
Waterloo would become a landmark in European history, to be
examined over and again, not least because until the evening of the
18th, the French army was close to prevailing on the battlefield.
Now, brought to life by the celebrated novelist Bernard Cornwell,
this is the chronicle of the four days leading up to the actual
battle and a thrilling hour-by-hour account of that fateful day. In
his first work of non-fiction, Cornwell combines his storytelling
skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting
account of every dramatic moment, from Napoleon's escape from Elba
to the smoke and gore of the battlefields. Through letters and
diaries he also sheds new light on the private thoughts of Napoleon
and the Duke of Wellington, as well as the ordinary officers and
soldiers. Published to coincide with the bicentenary in 2015,
Waterloo is a tense and gripping story of heroism and tragedy - and
of the final battle that determined the fate of Europe.
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