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The Longest Afternoon

- The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo
Af: Brendan Simms Engelsk Paperback

The Longest Afternoon

- The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo
Af: Brendan Simms Engelsk Paperback
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''A superb little book that is micro-history at its best'' Washington Post

''The brevity of this remarkable book belies the amount of work that went into it. One can only marvel at how well Professor Simms has gone through the original sources - the surviving journals, reminiscences and letters of the individual combatants - to produce a coherent and gripping narrative'' Nick Lezard, Guardian

The true story, told minute by minute, of the soldiers who defeated Napoleon - from Brendan Simms, acclaimed author of Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy

Europe had been at war for over twenty years. After a short respite in exile, Napoleon had returned to France and threatened another generation of fighting across the devastated and exhausted continent. At the small Belgian village of Waterloo two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe.

Unknown either to Napoleon or Wellington the battle would be decided by a small, ordinary group of British and German troops given the task of defending the farmhouse of La Haye Sainte. This book tells their extraordinary story, brilliantly recapturing the fear, chaos and chanciness of battle and using previously untapped eye-witness reports. Through determination, cunning and fighting spirit, some four hundred soldiers held off many thousands of French and changed the course of history.

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''A superb little book that is micro-history at its best'' Washington Post

''The brevity of this remarkable book belies the amount of work that went into it. One can only marvel at how well Professor Simms has gone through the original sources - the surviving journals, reminiscences and letters of the individual combatants - to produce a coherent and gripping narrative'' Nick Lezard, Guardian

The true story, told minute by minute, of the soldiers who defeated Napoleon - from Brendan Simms, acclaimed author of Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy

Europe had been at war for over twenty years. After a short respite in exile, Napoleon had returned to France and threatened another generation of fighting across the devastated and exhausted continent. At the small Belgian village of Waterloo two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe.

Unknown either to Napoleon or Wellington the battle would be decided by a small, ordinary group of British and German troops given the task of defending the farmhouse of La Haye Sainte. This book tells their extraordinary story, brilliantly recapturing the fear, chaos and chanciness of battle and using previously untapped eye-witness reports. Through determination, cunning and fighting spirit, some four hundred soldiers held off many thousands of French and changed the course of history.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 160
ISBN-13: 9780141979267
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0141979267
Kategori: Belgien
Udg. Dato: 7 maj 2015
Længde: 10mm
Bredde: 141mm
Højde: 198mm
Forlag: Penguin Books Ltd
Oplagsdato: 7 maj 2015
Forfatter(e): Brendan Simms
Forfatter(e) Brendan Simms

Kategori Belgien

ISBN-13 9780141979267

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 160

Udgave

Længde 10mm

Bredde 141mm

Højde 198mm

Udg. Dato 7 maj 2015

Oplagsdato 7 maj 2015

Forlag Penguin Books Ltd

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