Brian Cathcart

The News from Waterloo (eBook, ePUB)

The Race to Tell Britain of Wellington's Victory

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Duke of Wellington'svictory over Napoleon in 1815 at Waterloo ensured British dominance for the rest of the nineteenth century. It took three days and two hours for word to travel from Belgium in a form that people could rely upon.

This is a tragi-comic midsummer's tale that begins amidst terrible carnage and weaves through a world of politics and military convention, enterprise and roguery, frustration, doubt and jealousy, to end spectacularly in the heart of Regency society at a grand soiree in St James's Square after feverish journeys by coach and horseback, a Channel crossing delayed by falling tides and a flat calm, and a final dash by coach and four from Dover to London.

At least five men were involved in bringing the news or parts of it to London, and their stories are fascinating. Brian Cathcart, a brilliant storyteller and historian, has visited the battlefield, travelled the messengers' routes, and traced untapped British, French and Belgian records. This is a strikingly original perspective on a key moment in British history.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Faber & Faber
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780571315277
• Artikelnr.: 42616309

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. His books include The Fly in the Cathedral 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