Waterloo: The French Perspective

From the author of Talavera, an extensive history of the Battle of Waterloo from the losing side's point of view.

The story of the Battle of Waterloo—of the ultimate defeat of Napoleon and the French, the triumph of Wellington, Blücher, and their allied armies—is most often told from the viewpoint of the victors, not the vanquished. Even after 200 years of intensive research and the publication of hundreds of books and articles on the battle, the French perspective and many of the primary F...