At Breakfast On The Morning Of The Battle Of Waterloo, The Emperor Napoleon Declared That The Duke Of Wellington Was A Bad General, The British Were Bad Soldiers And That France Could Not Fail To Win An Easy Victory Forever Afterwards, Historians Have Accused Him Of Gross Overconfidence And Massively Underestimating The Calibre Of The British Commander Opposed To Him Now The Award-winning Historian Andrew Roberts Presents An Original, Highly Revisionist View Of The Relationship Between The Two Greatest Captains Of Their Age.--jacket. List Of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Comparative Chronology -- Introduction -- Part I -- The Road To Waterloo -- One: 'a Fine Time For An Enterprising Young Man': -- 1769-1799 -- Two: Apprenticeship At Arms: 1799-1805 -- Three: A Near Miss: 1805-1808 -- Four: To Lie Like A Bulletin: 1808-1809 -- Five: First Recognition: 1809-1810 -- Six: Will He? Won't He?: 1810-1811 -- Seven: Two Retreats, One Tragedy: 1812-1813 -- Eight: 'napoleon Has Abdicated': 1813-1814 -- Nine: Evenings On Elba, Nights In Paris: 1814-1815 -- Ten: A Hundred-day Dash For La Gloire: -- March-june 1815 -- Part Ii -- Waterloo And Its Aftermath -- Eleven: 'thank God, I Have Met Him!': 18 June 1815 -- Twelve: Wellington Protects Napoleon (and His Own -- Reputation): June-july 1815 -- Thirteen: Shepherding The Scapegoats: 1815-1816 -- Fourteen: A Shrinking Colossus: 1817 -- 1821 -- Fifteen: Remembering With Advantages: 1822-1835 -- Sixteen: The War For Clio's Ear: 1836-1852 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Maps: -- The Peninsular War 1808-14 -- The Waterloo Campaign 15-18 June 1815 -- (based On A Map By David Chandler) -- The Battle Of Waterloo 18 June 1815 -- (based On A Map By David Chandler) -- Bibliography -- Index (compiled By Douglas Matthews). Andrew Roberts. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 317-330) And Index.
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Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Author : Roberts, Andrew
Language : English
Edition : First Edition 3rd Impression
Published :2001-08-23
Number Of Pages : 350
Binding : hardcover
ISBN-10 : 0297646079
ISBN-13 : 9780297646075
Item weight : 1.75 lb
Dimensions : 1.6 in x 6.2 in x 9.3 in
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