Wellington's Smallest Victory - Rilegato

Hofschroer, Peter

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0571217680 ISBN 13: 9780571217687

Casa editrice: Faber & Faber, 2004

Riassunto

William Siborne, a lieutenant in the British army and expert in topography, was commissioned to make a vast scale model of Waterloo, incorporating 75, 000 tin-lead soldiers and stretching over 400 square feet. But why - at a time when celebrations of England's finest hour at Waterloo were so in vogue, and Wellington's fame was at its peak - did this exquisite model gain Siborne the enmity of the Duke and ultimately lead to his own ruin? Peter Hofschroer tells the extraordinary and tragic tale of one man's obsession to build the greatest model of the greatest battle of all time.

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L'autore:

Peter Hofschröer, a specialist in Napoleonic history, is the author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning two-volume study 1815 - The Waterloo Campaign (Greenhill Books). Find out more here.

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Book by Hofschroer Peter

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Faber & Faber
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0571217680
• ISBN 13: 9780571217687
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 336