Waterloo: Napoleon's Last Gamble - Making History Series

Collins, UK, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. Hardcover. 143 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 2005. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Spine has mild fading. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are lightly browned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In 'Waterloo', Roberts provides not only a fizzing account of one of the most significant 48-hour periods of all time, but also a startling revaluation on the methodology of history - is it possible to create an accurate picture from a single standpoint? What we can say for certain about the battle is that it ended forever one of the great personal world-historical epics. The career of Napoleon was brought to a shuddering halt on the evening of 18th June 1815. Interwoven in the clear-cut narrative are exciting revelations brought to light by recent research: accident rather than design led to the crucial cavalry debacle that lost the battle. Among the all-too-human explanation for the blunder that cost Napoleon his throne, Roberts sets the political, strategic and historical scene, and finally shows why Waterloo was such an important historical punctuation mark. The generation after Waterloo saw the birth of the modern era: ghastly as the carnage here was, henceforth the wars of the future were fought with infinitely more ghastly methods of trenches, machine-guns, directed starvation, concentration camps, and aerial bombardment. By the time of the Great War, chivalry was utterly dead. The honour of bright uniform and tangible spirit of elan, espirit, eclat met their final dance at Waterloo. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN: 0007190751. ISBN/EAN: 9780007190751. Inventory No: 24030082.. 9780007190751