19th nineteenth century
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battle
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France
French
general
Great Britain
illustrated
Ligny
maps
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleone di Buonaparte
Napoleonic Wars
Quatre Bras
strategy
tactic
Wavre
Wellington
Product details
- ISBN 9781855322103
- Weight: 340g
- Dimensions: 184 x 246mm
- Publication Date: 28 May 1992
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Featuring illustrations throughout, a full account of one of the most famous battles that ever occurred.
Waterloo holds a special place among the great battles of history. The climax of more than twenty years of war, it was indeed a close-run affair, matching two of the world's greatest generals, Napoleon and Wellington.
This volume covers the entire campaign including the battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny and Wavre, with five full-colour maps and three highly detailed bird's eye views showing decisive moments in the action. An excellent sense of the closeness of the battle is communicated - Wellington himself claimed it was "the nearest thing you ever saw in your life" - and this gripping account shows the full justice of that statement.
Geoffrey Wootten is an acknowledged expert on the Napoleonic period and has written a number of articles and books on the subject.
