Waterloo : the history of four days, three armies, and three battles / Bernard Cornwell.
An illustrated account chronicles in detail events ranging from Napoleon's escape from Elba through Waterloo's three major battlefield events.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062312051
- ISBN: 0062312057
- Physical Description: 352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, color portraits ; 24 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2015.
- Copyright: ©2014.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Originally published: London : William Collins, 2014.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-348) and index.
- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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.
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| Jacksonville Main Library | 940.2742 COR (Text) | 36015000706784 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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