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Voices from the Past. Waterloo 1815: History's Most Famous Battle Told Through Newspaper Reports, Official Documents and the Accounts of Those Who Where There

Door John Grehan

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#210384
Titel
Voices from the Past. Waterloo 1815: History's Most Famous Battle Told Through Newspaper Reports, Official Documents and the Accounts of Those Who Where There
Auteur
Grehan, John
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
Frontline Books, London
Jaar van uitgave
2015
ISBN10
1783831995
ISBN13
9781783831999
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting

For more than twenty years Europe had been torn apart by war. Dynasties had crumbled, new states had been created and a generation had lost its young men. When it seemed that peace might at last settle across Europe, terrible news was received – Napoleon had escaped from exile and was marching upon Paris. Europe braced itself once again for war. The allied nations agreed to combine against Napoleon and in May 1815 they began to mass on France's frontiers. The scene was set for the greatest battle the world had yet seen.?? Composed of more than 300 eyewitness accounts, official documents, parliamentary debates and newspaper reports, Voices from the Past tells the story of Napoleon's last battles as they were experienced and reported by the men and women involved. ?? Heroic cavalry c
... (Lees verder)harges, devastating artillery bombardments, terrible injuries, heart-breaking encounters, and amusing anecdotes, written by aristocratic officers and humble privates alike, fill the pages of this ambitious publication. Many of these reports have not been reproduced for almost 200 years.
Pagina's
352
Conditie
Nieuw
Prijs
€ 12,50

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