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Waterloo Battlefield Guide
David Buttery
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Description for Waterloo Battlefield Guide
Paperback. This is a highly illustrated guide to the Waterloo battlefield and related sites. It includes a fascinating reconstruction of one of Europe's most decisive battles as well as analysis of the strategy, the tactics, the performance of the commanders. Num Pages: 304 pages, Over 100 colour and B&W images. BIC Classification: 1DDB; 3JH; HBJD; HBWH; JWLF; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 644.
The defeat of Napoleon's French army by the combined forces of Wellington and Blucher at Waterloo on 18 June 1815 was a turning point in world history. This was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars, and the outcome had a major influence on the shape of Europe for the next century and beyond. The battle was a milestone, and it cannot be properly understood without a detailed, on-the-ground study of the landscape in which it was fought - and that is the purpose of David Buttery's new battlefield guide. In vivid detail, using eyewitness accounts and an intimate knowledge of ... Read more
The defeat of Napoleon's French army by the combined forces of Wellington and Blucher at Waterloo on 18 June 1815 was a turning point in world history. This was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars, and the outcome had a major influence on the shape of Europe for the next century and beyond. The battle was a milestone, and it cannot be properly understood without a detailed, on-the-ground study of the landscape in which it was fought - and that is the purpose of David Buttery's new battlefield guide. In vivid detail, using eyewitness accounts and an intimate knowledge of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
646g
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781783035137
SKU
V9781783035137
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Ref
99-2
About David Buttery
David Buttery has established a reputation as a leading historian of nineteenth-century British military history and the British Empire. He has made a particular study of the Napoleonic and Crimean Wars. He has worked in newspapers and in an oral history archive and has published extensively in many of the leading military history periodicals including the Victorian Military Society's journal, ... Read more
Reviews for Waterloo Battlefield Guide
"The best guide, by far, is David Buttery's Waterloo Battlefield Guide, which not only leads the visitor around the locations of the campaign, but tells the story of those four momentous days. The book is an essential companion for anyone visiting the battlefields of the campaign." - Bernard Cornwell