Geoffrey Wootten

Waterloo 1815 (eBook, ePUB)

The Birth of Modern Europe

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781782005070
• Artikelnr.: 44626804

Autorenporträt

Geoffrey Wootten is an acknowledged expert on the Napoleonic period and has written a number of articles and books on the subject.

Inhaltsangabe

The Road to 1815/The Opposing Commanders/Opposing Armies/The Campaign Opens/18-19 June: The Battle of Wavre/18 June: The Battle of Waterloo/Finale/Chronology/A Guide to Further Reading/Index