Waterloo: Wellington, Napoleon, and the Battle That Saved Europe - Rilegato

Corrigan, Gordon

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ISBN 10: 1605986526 ISBN 13: 9781605986524

Casa editrice: Pegasus Books, 2014

Riassunto

Wellington remarked that Waterloo was “a damned nice thing,” meaning uncertain or finely balanced. He was right. For his part, Napoleon reckoned “the English are bad troops and this affair is nothing more than eating breakfast.” He was wrong—and this gripping and dramatic narrative history shows just how wrong.Fought on Sunday, June 18th, 1815, by some 220,000 men over rain-sodden ground in what is now Belgium, the Battle of Waterloo brought an end to twenty-three years of almost continual war between imperial France and her enemies. A decisive defeat for Napoleon and a hard-won victory for the Allied armies of the Duke of Wellington and the Prussians, led by the stalwart Marshal Blucher, it brought about the French emperor’s final exile to St. Helena and cleared the way for Britain to become the dominant military power in the world.The Napoleonic Wars are a source of endless fascination and this authoritative volume provides a wide and colorful window into this all-important climatic battle.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Pegasus Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1605986526
• ISBN 13: 9781605986524
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 341