Waterloo : June 18, 1815: The Battle for Modern Europe

Waterloo
Author(s): Andrew Roberts

June 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On the bloody battlefield of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon and his hastily formed legions clashed with the Anglo-Allied armies led by the Duke of Wellington -- the only time the two greatest military strategists of their age faced each other in combat.

With precision and elegance, Andrew Roberts sets the political, strategic, and historical scene, providing a breathtaking account of each successive stage of the battle while also examining new evidence that reveals exactly how Napoleon was defeated. Illuminating, authoritative, and engrossing, Waterloo is a masterful work of history.

Review(s):
“A small masterpiece. Waterloo is a military history of a high order.”
“Andrew Roberts has produced the most convincing description of that fearsome day I have ever read.”



ISBN:  9780060762155