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The Battle
A New History of Waterloo
Book Summary
Published to coincide with the 190th anniversary of the battle, this vivid and original reconstruction of the Battle of Waterloo narrates the story of this historic conflict between Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington, which changed the face of nineteenth-century Europe, from the point of view of all combatants. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.
Genres:
This book is about:
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815,
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815,
- Belgium,
- Europe,
- History, Military,
- Campaigns,
- 19th century
NPR stories about The Battle
Three Books...
Three Books, Two Centuries And One English Regency
We all use the word "Waterloo" as shorthand for "utter defeat," but few of us can walk our way through those three brutal days of battle in June 1815, when it seemed civilization itself hung in the balance. Alessandro Barbero, an Italian military historian, brings the terror of cannon fire in the ripening rye fields to vivid life. If for nothing else, read this book for cavalry officer Frederick Ponsonby's matter-of-fact account of surviving 36 hours on the ground while the French... more
—Stephanie Barron
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