The History Of Waterloo

Author : Bernard Cornwell
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9780062312075

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Waterloo by Bernard Cornwell Pdf

#1 Bestseller in the U.K. From the New York Times bestselling author and master of martial fiction comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought—a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Napoleon’s last stand. On June 18, 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days, the French army had beaten the Prussians at Ligny and fought the British to a standstill at Quatre-Bras. The Allies were in retreat. The little village north of where they turned to fight the French army was called Waterloo. The blood-soaked battle to which it gave its name would become a landmark in European history. In his first work of nonfiction, Bernard Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting chronicle of every dramatic moment, from Napoleon’s daring escape from Elba to the smoke and gore of the three battlefields and their aftermath. Through quotes from the letters and diaries of Emperor Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, and the ordinary officers and soldiers, he brings to life how it actually felt to fight those famous battles—as well as the moments of amazing bravery on both sides that left the actual outcome hanging in the balance until the bitter end. Published to coincide with the battle’s bicentennial in 2015, Waterloo is a tense and gripping story of heroism and tragedy—and of the final battle that determined the fate of nineteenth-century Europe.

Author : Joanna Rickert-Hall
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2019-06-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781459742925

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Waterloo You Never Knew by Joanna Rickert-Hall Pdf

The history you don’t know is the most fascinating of all. Throughout the nineteenth and early twentieth century, Waterloo, Ontario, could be any small Canadian community. Its familiar histories privilege the “great accomplishments” of those who built the institutions we know today: industry, government, and education. But what of those who were marginalized, weird, and wonderful — real people who lived between the boundaries of mainstream existence? Waterloo You Never Knew reveals forgotten and little known tales of a community in transition and reflects on those lives lived in infamy and obscurity, by choice or design. Meet the rumrunner, the ex-slaves, and the cholera victims, the grave-digging doctor, the séance-loving politician, and the sorcery-practising healer. Come inside. See the Waterloo you never knew, revealed.

Author : Alessandro Barbero
Publisher : Atlantic Books
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782391388

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The Battle by Alessandro Barbero Pdf

At Waterloo, some 70,000 men under Napoleon and an equal number under Wellington faced one another in a titanic battle. Alessandro Barbero's majestic account combines British and French histories to give voice to all nations involved. The Battle is a masterpiece of military history.

Author : Ezra E. Eby,Joseph Buchanan Snyder,Eldon D. Weber
Publisher : Kitchener, Ont. : Eldon D. Weber
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Frontier and pioneer life
ISBN : WISC:89066179201

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A Biographical History of Early Settlers and Their Descendants in Waterloo Township by Ezra E. Eby,Joseph Buchanan Snyder,Eldon D. Weber Pdf

Author : George Hooper
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
ISBN : UOM:39015010403825

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Waterloo: the Downfall of the First Napoleon by George Hooper Pdf

Author : W.R. Chadwick
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1992-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780889202269

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The Battle for Berlin, Ontario by W.R. Chadwick Pdf

Chronicles the events of 1916--a watershed year in the history of the small Canadian town known today as Kitchener, Ontario. The community, founded by German immigrants, was in turmoil over attempts to raise a battalion to support the British war effort, and that turmoil broke down the established order and culminated in the town's name change. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : John Codman Ropes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815
ISBN : HARVARD:HWP2HJ

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The Campaign of Waterloo by John Codman Ropes Pdf

Author : Hourly History
Publisher : Hourly History
Page : 47 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781537584188

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Battle of Waterloo by Hourly History Pdf

The Battle of Waterloo has become synonymous with the word “defeat” but who lost, and why was it important? In 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte left the island of Elba, and in a space of 100 days took power, and challenged the entire world to meet him on his terms. When that failed, he offered them a fight, one that would end at Waterloo, and left repercussions which can still be felt, even now, centuries later. Inside you will read about... ✓ Beginnings ✓ Discord and Discontent ✓ The World Rearranged ✓ The Prisoner ✓ The Journey to Waterloo Begins ✓ One Hundred Days ✓ Quatre Bras & Ligny And much more! Who was this man, and what happened on the battlefield that made this fight in particular, so important? What was the lesson of Waterloo?

Author : Brendan Simms
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9780141979274

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The Longest Afternoon by Brendan Simms Pdf

The true story, told minute by minute, of the soldiers who defeated Napoleon - from Brendan Simms, acclaimed author of Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy Europe had been at war for over twenty years. After a short respite in exile, Napoleon had returned to France and threatened another generation of fighting across the devastated and exhausted continent. At the small Belgian village of Waterloo two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe. Unknown either to Napoleon or Wellington the battle would be decided by a small, ordinary group of British and German troops given the task of defending the farmhouse of La Haye Sainte. This book tells their extraordinary story, brilliantly recapturing the fear, chaos and chanciness of battle and using previously untapped eye-witness reports. Through determination, cunning and fighting spirit, some four hundred soldiers held off many thousands of French and changed the course of history.

Author : Alan Forrest
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191640308

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Waterloo by Alan Forrest Pdf

Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which finally ended his imperial dreams. It involved the deployment of huge armies and incurred heavy losses on both sides; for those who fought in it, Dutch and Belgians, Prussians and Hanoverians as well as British and French troops, it was a murderous struggle. It was a battle that would be remembered very differently across Europe. In Britain it would be seen as an iconic battle whose memory would be enmeshed in British national identity across the following century. In London news of the victory unleashed an outburst of patriotic celebration and captured the imagination of the public. The Duke of Wellington would go on to build his political career on it, and towns and cities across Britain and the Empire raised statues and memorials to the victor. But it was only in Britain that Waterloo acquired this iconic status. In Prussia and Holland its memory was muted - in Prussia overshadowed by the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig, in Holland a simple appendage to the prestige of the House of Orange. And in France it would be portrayed as the very epitome of heroic defeat. Encapsulated in the bravery of General Cambronne and the last stand of the Old Guard, remembered movingly in the lines of Stendhal and Victor Hugo, the memory of Waterloo served to sustain the romantic legend of the Napoleonic Wars - and contributed to the growing cult of Napoleon himself.

Author : Christopher Summerville
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-01-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317868194

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Who was Who at Waterloo by Christopher Summerville Pdf

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.

Author : Gareth Glover
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781781593561

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Waterloo by Gareth Glover Pdf

More has probably been written about the Waterloo campaign than almost any other in history. It was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars and forms a watershed in both European and world history. However, the lethal combination of national bias, wilful distortion and simple error has unfortunately led to the constantly regurgitated traditional 'accepted' version being significantly wrong regarding many episodes in the campaign. Oft-repeated claims have morphed into established fact and, with the bicentenary of this famous battle soon to be commemorated, it is high time that these are challenged and finally dismissed.?Gareth Glover has spent a decade uncovering hundreds of previously unpublished eyewitness accounts of the battle and campaign, which have highlighted many of these myths and errors. In this ground-breaking history, based on extensive primary research of all the nations involved, he provides a very readable and beautifully balanced account of the entire campaign while challenging these distorted claims and myths, and he provides clear evidence to back his version of events. ?His thoughtful reassessment of this decisive episode in world history will be stimulating reading for those already familiar with the Napoleonic period and it will form a fascinating introduction for readers who are discovering this extraordinary event for the first time.

Author : John Codman Ropes
Publisher : e-artnow
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4066338118554

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The History of Waterloo by John Codman Ropes Pdf

The Campaign of Waterloo is a military history telling the story of the Battle of Waterloo. The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in Belgium, part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands at the time. A French army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte was defeated by two of the armies of the Seventh Coalition, a British-led coalition consisting of units from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Hanover, Brunswick, and Nassau, under the command of the Duke of Wellington, referred to by many authors as the Anglo-allied army or Wellington's army, and a Prussian army under the command of Field Marshal von Blücher, referred to also as Blücher's army. The battle marked the end of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle was contemporaneously known as the Battle of Mont Saint-Jean or La Belle Alliance (the beautiful alliance).

Author : J. C. Ropes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1916
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:51435780

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The Campaign of Waterloo by J. C. Ropes Pdf

Author : Jodey Nurse
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-02-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780228010005

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Cultivating Community by Jodey Nurse Pdf

For close to two hundred years, families and individuals across Ontario have travelled down country roads and gathered to enjoy seasonal agricultural fairs. Though some features of township and county fairs have endured for generations, these community events have also undergone significant transformations since 1850, especially in terms of women’s participation. Cultivating Community tells the story of how women’s involvement became critical to agricultural fairs’ growth and prosperity. By examining women’s diverse roles as agricultural society members, fair exhibitors, performers, volunteers, and fairgoers, Jodey Nurse shows that women used fairs’ manifold nature to present different versions of rural womanhood. Although traditional domestic skills and handicrafts, such as baking, needlework, and flower arrangement, remained the domain of women throughout this period, women steadily enlarged their sphere of influence on the fairgrounds. By the mid-twentieth century they had staked out a place in venues previously closed to them, including the livestock show ring, the athletic field, and the boardroom. Through a wealth of fascinating stories and colourful detail, Cultivating Communities adds a new dimension to the social and cultural history of rural women, placing their activities at the centre of the agricultural fair.