Waterloo: The Battle That Brought Down Napoleon - Couverture souple

Black, Jeremy

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1848312334 ISBN 13 : 9781848312333

Editeur : Icon Books, 2011

Synopsis

A masterly and concise reinterpretation of one of the seminal events in modern history, by one of the world's foremost military historians. The battle on Sunday 18th June 1815, near Waterloo, Belgium was to be Napoleon's greatest triumph - but it ended in one of the greatest military upsets of all time. Waterloo became a legend overnight and remains one of the most argued-over battles in history. Lord Wellington immortally dubbed it 'the nearest-run thing you ever saw in your life,' but the British victory 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. Alongside the great drama and powerful characters, Jeremy Black 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. The result is a revelatory view of Waterloo's place in the broader historical arc.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jeremy Black is professor of History at the University of Exeter and is one of the world's leading military historians. The author of over seventy books, especially on eighteenth century British politics and international relations, Black graduated from Queens' College, Cambridge, and did postgraduate work at St John's and Merton at Oxford.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Icon Books
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848312334
• ISBN 13: 9781848312333
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
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• Personne responsable: non disponible