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From the internationally bestselling author of the Sharpe novels and in the bicentenary year of the battle - this is the true story of Waterloo. On the 18th June, 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days the French army had beaten the British at Quatre Bras and the Prussians at Ligny. The Allies were in retreat. The blood-soaked battle of Waterloo would become a landmark in European history, to be examined over and again, not least because until the evening of the 18th, the French army was close to prevailing on the battlefield. Now, brought to life by the celebrated novelist Bernard Cornwell, this is the chronicle of the four days leading up to the actual battle and a thrilling hour by hour account of that fateful day. In his first work of non-fiction, Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting account of every dramatic moment, from Napoleon's escape from Elba to the smoke and gore of the battlefields. Through letters and diaries he also sheds new light on the private thoughts of Napoleon and the Duke of Wellington, as well as the ordinary officers and soldiers. Published to coincide with the bicentenary in 2015, Waterloo is a tense and gripping story of heroism and tragedy - and of the final battle that determined the fate of Europe.
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Fiction, Richard Sharpe (Fictitious character), Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815, History, Military, Military History, Belletristische Darstellung, Schlacht, Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Fiction, Campaigns, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Napoleonic Wars (1800-1815) fast (OCoLC)fst01032683, Waterloo, Battle of (Belgium : 1815) fast (OCoLC)fst01172689, Military campaigns, Waterloo, battle of, waterloo, belgium, 1815, European history, Battles & campaigns, Napoleonic Wars, Napoleonkrigen 1800-1815, Warfare and Defence, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Slaget vid Waterloo 1815, Fiction, war & military, Great britain, fiction, Sharpe, richard (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, generalPlaces
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19th century, c 1800 to c 1900Showing 10 featured editions. View all 10 editions?
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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
May 10, 2016, Harper Paperbacks
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Waterloo: Eine Schlacht verändert Europa
Sep 01, 2016, Rowohlt Taschenbuch
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Waterloo: the history of four days, three armies and three battles
2015, HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles
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Waterloo: Eine Schlacht verändert Europa
Apr 24, 2015, Wunderlich Verlag
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Waterloo: the history of four days, three armies, and three battles
2015, Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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Waterloo: La historia de cuatro días, tres ejércitos y tres batallas
2015, Edhasa
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Waterloo: the history of four days, three armies and three battles
2014, William Collins
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War has come back to europe yet again! Napoleon is back and is ready for another round with Britain. For the first time the british army and the Duke of Wellington himself will fight the french army with napoleon himself on the field. Wellington has beaten many of napoleons best generals in spain, but now the ultimate test and ultimate battle of the napoleonic wars will be fought. Sharpe is now at the highest rank he will ever attain and would never miss an ultimate battle that will not only end the war in which the best army britain ever had fought in, but also lead to britain becoming a world superpower. Sadly thanks to political interference sharpe will once again end up with an incompetent superior who is also a prince, which will not stop Sharpe from being impudent or attempting something worse when his mistakes lead to needless deaths. Some things never change.
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