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The Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo

Snow, Peter, 1938- author.
Book 2017

"The Battle of Waterloo marks an event that changed the fate of Europe irrevocably. Beautifully illustrated, it includes reproductions of contemporary letters and documents, printed on the page, and offers a beautifully written telling of the battle and compelling new treatment of the Hundred Days campaign that finally ended the career of Napoleon. Each stage of the build-up to this decisive battle is carefully described, from the escape to the p...

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ISBN:
9780233005133
0233005137
Description:
160 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Other Title:
Battle of Waterloo experience
Notes:
Includes index
The content of this book first appeared as: The Battle of Waterloo experience, published by André Deutsch in 2015
Contents:
Background
The hundred days
Napoleon and his army
The allied commanders and their armies
Ligny and Quatre Bras
The battle begins: the fight for Hougoumont
d'Erlon's infantry attack and the British cavalry charge
The great French cavalry attacks
The arrival of the Prussians
Wellington's crisis: the fall of La Haye Sainte
The charge and repulse of the imperial guard
The French rout and the human costs
The end for Napoleon
Aftermath
Control Number:
2509009
Other Authors:
National Army Museum (Great Britain)
Snow, Dan, 1978- author
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