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Wellington's Smallest Victory: The Duke, the Model Maker, and the Secret of Waterloo
by Hofschroer, Peter
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0571217680
- ISBN 13
- 9780571217687
- Seller
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Forestdale, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Faber and Faber, 2004. New book, 324 pages. Peter Hofschroer tells the remarkable story of William Siborne, a Lieutenant in the British Army and expert in topography, who was commissioned to make a vast scale model of Waterloo, incorporating 75,000 tin-lead soldiers and stretching over 400 square feet. But why - at a time when celebrations of Englands finest hour at Waterloo were so in vogue, and Wellingtons fame was at its peak - did this exquisite model gain Siborne the enmity of the Duke and ultimately lead to his ruin? If history is always written by the victor, never was this more true than with Waterloo, as Siborne's investigations were to discover. Now to correct a long injustice, this book reveals the truth of one man's all-consuming and ruinous passion for historical accuracy.. Hard Cover. As New/As New. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.
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- Bookseller
- Viceroy Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001150
- Title
- Wellington's Smallest Victory: The Duke, the Model Maker, and the Secret of Waterloo
- Author
- Hofschroer, Peter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- ISBN 10
- 0571217680
- ISBN 13
- 9780571217687
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
- Keywords
- NAPOLEONIC DUKE OF WELLINGTON
- Bookseller catalogs
- Napoleonic History;
Terms of Sale
Viceroy Books
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About the Seller
Viceroy Books
Biblio member since 2006
Forestdale, Queensland
About Viceroy Books
We are an Online bookshop specialising in History, Military, and Miniature Modelling books, all at discount prices.
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