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Waterloo

- Four Days that Changed Europe's Destiny
Af: Tim Clayton Engelsk Paperback

Waterloo

- Four Days that Changed Europe's Destiny
Af: Tim Clayton Engelsk Paperback
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''A fabulous story, superbly told'' Max Hastings


The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over twenty years. It also finished the career of the charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. It ensured the final liberation of Germany and the restoration of the old European monarchies, and it represented one of very few defeats for the glorious French army, most of whose soldiers remained devoted to their Emperor until the very end.

Extraordinary though it may seem much about the Battle of Waterloo has remained uncertain, with many major features of the campaign hotly debated. Most histories have depended heavily on the evidence of British officers that were gathered about twenty years after the battle. But the recent publication of an abundance of fresh first-hand accounts from soldiers of all the participating armies has illuminated important episodes and enabled radical reappraisal of the course of the campaign. What emerges is a darker, muddier story, no longer biased by notions of regimental honour, but a tapestry of irony, accident, courage, horror and human frailty.

An epic page turner, rich in dramatic human detail and grounded in first-class scholarly research, Waterloo is the real inside story of the greatest land battle in British history, the defining showdown of the age of muskets, bayonets, cavalry and cannon.

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''A fabulous story, superbly told'' Max Hastings


The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over twenty years. It also finished the career of the charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. It ensured the final liberation of Germany and the restoration of the old European monarchies, and it represented one of very few defeats for the glorious French army, most of whose soldiers remained devoted to their Emperor until the very end.

Extraordinary though it may seem much about the Battle of Waterloo has remained uncertain, with many major features of the campaign hotly debated. Most histories have depended heavily on the evidence of British officers that were gathered about twenty years after the battle. But the recent publication of an abundance of fresh first-hand accounts from soldiers of all the participating armies has illuminated important episodes and enabled radical reappraisal of the course of the campaign. What emerges is a darker, muddier story, no longer biased by notions of regimental honour, but a tapestry of irony, accident, courage, horror and human frailty.

An epic page turner, rich in dramatic human detail and grounded in first-class scholarly research, Waterloo is the real inside story of the greatest land battle in British history, the defining showdown of the age of muskets, bayonets, cavalry and cannon.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 704
ISBN-13: 9780349123011
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0349123012
Kategori: Europæisk historie
Udg. Dato: 5 feb 2015
Længde: 32mm
Bredde: 129mm
Højde: 199mm
Forlag: Little, Brown Book Group
Oplagsdato: 5 feb 2015
Forfatter(e): Tim Clayton
Forfatter(e) Tim Clayton

Kategori Europæisk historie

ISBN-13 9780349123011

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 704

Udgave

Længde 32mm

Bredde 129mm

Højde 199mm

Udg. Dato 5 feb 2015

Oplagsdato 5 feb 2015

Forlag Little, Brown Book Group