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Bezig met laden... Waterloo: Four Days That Changed Europe's Destinydoor Tim Clayton
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. When I started to read this book, I joked that I hadn't the slightest idea as to how it would end. What can you expect when reading a book about one of the best known battles from history? But after having read more than 500 pages, I was seriously relieved that the Duke of Wellington waved his hat, and that the allied nations had won the battle against Napoleon. Clayton brings the battle to life thanks to the detailed, hour to hour description. I have to add that of all four battles that took place in the four days mentioned in the title, the one at Wavre gets little attention. ( ) geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
'The best of the many books commemorating next year's 200th anniversary of Napoleon's final defeat at the Battle of Waterloo' Evening Standard The bloodbath at Waterloo ended a war that had engulfed the world for over twenty years. It also finished the career of the charismatic Napoleon Bonaparte. It ensured the final liberation of Germany and the restoration of the old European monarchies, and it represented one of very few defeats for the glorious French army, most of whose soldiers remained devoted to their Emperor until the very end. Extraordinary though it may seem, much about the Battle of Waterloo has remained uncertain, with many major features of the campaign hotly debated. Most histories have depended heavily on the evidence of British officers that were gathered about twenty years after the battle. But the recent publication of an abundance of fresh first-hand accounts from soldiers of all the participating armies has illuminated important episodes and enabled radical reappraisal of the course of the campaign. What emerges is a darker, muddier story, no longer biased by notions of regimental honour, but a tapestry of irony, accident, courage, horror and human frailty. An epic page turner, rich in dramatic human detail and grounded in first-class scholarly research, Waterloo is the real inside story of the greatest land battle in British history, the defining showdown of the age of muskets, bayonets, cavalry and cannon. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)940.2742History and Geography Europe Europe Early Modern 1453-1914 Napoleonic period 1789-1815LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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