Brian Cathcart

The News from Waterloo

The Race to Tell Britain of Wellington's Victory

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon in 1815 at Waterloo ensured British dominance for the rest of the nineteenth century. The author has visited the battlefield, travelled the messengers' routes, and traced untapped British, French and Belgian records. This book offers an original perspective on a key moment in British history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber / Faber & Faber, London
• Main ed.
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 129mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 273g
• ISBN-13: 9780571315260
• ISBN-10: 0571315267
• Artikelnr.: 43916363

Autorenporträt

Brian Cathcart is professor of journalism at Kingston University London and a founder of Hacked Off. He has been deputy editor of the Independent on Sunday, assistant editor of the New Statesman and specialist adviser to the Commons Select Committee on media, culture and sport. He is also a historian. His books include The Fly in the Cathedral: How a small group of Cambridge scientists won the race to split the atom; Jill Dando, Her Life and Death; and The Case of Stephen Lawrence, the definitive account of the notorious racist murder, which won the Orwell Prize and the CWA Gold Dagger award.

Rezensionen

Brian Cathcart's vastly entertaining narrative marries the scepticism of an investigative journalist with a dramatist's gift for suspense. Four desperate men rowing a boat in the open sea! Post-chaises thundering along the country roads! How dull by comparison are our smug digital days where news comes - and goes - at the speed of light. Sir Harold Evans