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Waterloo : the history of four days, three armies, and three battles / Bernard Cornwell.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection DC242 .C66 2014b
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cornwell, Bernard, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815--Campaigns--Belgium.
- Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821--Military leadership.
- Napoleon.
- Physical Description:
- 352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, color portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015], c2014.
- Summary:
- An illustrated account chronicles in detail events ranging from Napoleon's escape from Elba through Waterloo's three major battlefield events.
- Contents:
- Glorious news! Nap's landed again in France, hurrah!
- Napoleon has humbugged me, by God!
- the fate of France is in your hands!
- Avancez, mes enfants, courage, encore une fois, Français!
- Ah! Now I've got them, those English!
- A cannon ball came from the Lord knows where and took the head off our right-hand man
- The Big Boots don't like rough stuff!
- Those terrible grey horses, how they fight!
- We had our revenge! Such slaughtering!
- The most beautiful troops in the world
- Defend yourselves! Defend yourselves! They are coming in everywhere!
- Next to a battle lose, the greatest misery is a battle gained
- Aftermath : a thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee.
- Notes:
- Originally published: London : William Collins, 2014.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-348) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780062312051 :
- 0062312057
- OCLC:
- 887857577
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