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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Light tanning. Nice older book in good condition. Plates bright. Hardcover. English. See images for condition.

About the book >.>.> Magnificently and lavishly illustrated in colour and black-and-white with text by one of the greatest of French Napoleonic historians Waterloo is as thrilling and as full of suspense as any epic adventure story. It is nonetheless an authoritative and detailed study in words and pictures of one of history’s most famous battles. Perhaps more has been written about Waterloo than about any other campaign or battle: but here for the first time the pictures wholly complement the exciting text and in themselves tell the full story. To make this possible the museums of five countries have provided paintings for the most part never before published-which combine to give an hour-by-hour commentary on the unfolding of France’s sombre tragedy. In addition to this rich pictorial portrait of the battle are full-colour paintings by Baron Louis de Beaufort recreating in precise and authentic detail the unbelievable diversity of uniforms colours and insignia of the armies that faced each other during those four fateful days in June 1815. The late Commandant Henry Lachouque whose works have been translated into many languages was best known for his monumental Anatomy of Glory. His particular interest was Waterloo and in this account his individual and graphic style of presentation is never less than evocative and highly readable-if potentially controversial to admirers of Wellington. As David G. Chandler (author of The Campaigns of Napoleon) says in his introduction to this book “no reader will fail to admire the pace and vivacity of his writing style. (MP)