Who was Who at Waterloo: A Biography of the Battle

by Christopher Summerville

Overview

Everyone knows about the Battle of Waterloo – or do they?This book presents the battle as never before: through the personal stories of over 150 people present at the battle or its immediate aftermath. A reference book, a biographical dictionary, and a myth-busting expose, Who was Who at Waterloo is an indispensable guide to history's most famous battle.Arranged in alphabetical order, and with entries highlighted throughout the text like links in a website, the book boasts a colourful cast of soldiers, politicians, peasants, surgeons, artists, novelists, poets, scientists, entrepreneurs, and more. It provides many sorties into nineteenth century culture, politics, medicine and science. It also provides a thorough look at the sources, identifying myths, irregularities and cover-ups. The book demonstrates how little we can really know about Waterloo. And yet it also demonstrates just how much can be said about the battle's participants.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138425309
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/29/2017
Pages:	488
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Christopher Summerville is a freelance editor and writer specialising in military history. His ambition is to popularise the Napoleonic era, and to make that most colourful and dramatic of periods accessible to the general reader. He has published several books on the period including "Napoleon's Polish Gamble: Eylau and Friedland 1807(2005), ""Regency Recollections: Captain Gronow's Guide to Life in London and Paris (2006) and March of Death: Sir John Moore's Retreat to Corunna, 1808-1809 (2003). "He lives and works in York.

Table of Contents

A, Adam, Major General Sir Frederick William, Alava, Miguel Ricardo de, Allix de Vaux, General Jacques-Alexandre-François, baron, Alten, Lieutenant General Sir Charles von, Anton, Sergeant James, Arentschildt, Lieutenant Colonel Sir Frederick, Baron von, B, Bachelu, General Gilbert Désirée Joseph, Bailly de Monthion, General François Gédéon, Baring, Major George , Barker, Henry Aston, Bell, Sir Charles, Bijlandt, Major General Willem Frederik van, Blücher, Field Marshal Gebhard Leberecht von, Bolton, Captain Samuel, Bourmont, General Louis Auguste Victor de Ghaisnes, Count, Brack, Captain Prosper Fortuné, de, Brewer, Joseph, Brô, ColonelLouis, Brunswick, Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of, Bull, Major Robert, Bülow, General Friedrich Wilhelm, Baron von, Burney (married name d’Arblay), Frances or ‘Fanny’, Butterworth, John, C, Cambronne, General Pierre Jacques, Campbell, Lieutenant Robert Preston, Capel, Caroline , Chassé, Lieutenant General David Hendrik, Baron, Chastel, General Louis Pierre Aimé, Baron, Clark, Captain Alexander Kennedy, Clay, Private Matthew, Coignet, Captain Jean-Roch, Colbert-Chabanais, GeneralEdouard de, Cole, General Sir Galbraith Lowry, Colville, General Sir Charles, Constant de Rebecque, Jean Victor, Cooke, Major GeneralSir George, Cotton, Edward, Crawford, Donald, Creevey, Thomas, D, Decoster, Jean, De Lancey, Lady Magdalen, De Lancey, Sir William Howe, Delort, GeneralJacques Antoine, D’Erlon, General Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Count, Detmers, Colonel H., D’Hoogvoorst, Baron Joseph van der Linden, Domon, General Jean Simon…/part contents.

Editorial Reviews

'In Who Was Who At Waterloo: A Biography Of The Battle, he tackles the defining event of the Napoleonic wars - the battle that finally brought Napoleon's dream crashing down. A book to send chills of excitement down your spine.'

Stephen Lewis

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