Waterloo: The Battle That Brought Down Napoleon

Waterloo: The Battle That Brought Down Napoleon

by Black, Jeremy

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The battle on Sunday 18th June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium, remains one of history's most argued-over battles.

The British victory nevertheless became iconic, a triumph of endurance that ensured a 19th-century world in which Britain played the key role. It was also a defining moment for the French, bringing Napoleon I's reign to an end and closing the second Hundred Years' War.

This masterly and concise reinterpretation, by one of the world's foremost military historians, gives readers a fascinating look at where this battle belongs in the larger story of the tectonic power shifts in Europe, and the story of military modernisation.

Drawing on all the latest scholarship, Jeremy Black brings this thrilling story—and the world in which it is set—vividly to life.
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