Product Description

The book, and the numerous diagrams and photographs, the majority in colour, make the pages a feast for the eye, while sixteen pages of original paintings of uniforms make it a collectors dream.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59982 in Books
• Published on: 2001-08-23
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 448 pages

Customer Reviews

An excellent book
A well thought out and clear book that was excellent for someone like myself who has an interest in the battle but isn't an expert. The book gives some very clear photographs and diagrams which explain the flow of the battle very well which together with some good insights make this an enjoyable book to pick up and reread either from cover to cover or specific chapters.

Comprehensive coverage and extremely useful detail
With the thousands of books on the subject of Waterloo, it is extremely difficult to approach the subject from a new direction. The author appears to have succeeded to a great extent. All aspects of the battle are covered, including detailed maps, diagrams of the important buildings, comprehensive orders of battle (of those units on the battlefield, but not others involved in the campaign generally), biographical details of senior commanders, and substantial coverage of the tactics and use of the three service arms (Infantry, Cavalry and Artillery). The author has attempted simply (if that is the word) to project a detailed over-view of all of the different aspects of a single day of battle. Quatre-Bras, Ligny and Wavre are briefly mentioned, but the emphasis is entirely concentrated on Waterloo and the armies fighting there. If there are any aspects of the battle which have puzzled you over the years, this will be a major source-book for years to come. And according to the dust-jacket, the author is compiling a similar book on Trafalgar, having already written on the Charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava in his earlier book "The Charge! It is very interesting to find an author who succeeds in casting new light on what may have been thought to be over-analysed battles.

Heartily recommended to all military historians.

Waterloo all the facts.
This book is bigger and has more information than most Peninsular War or Napolionic books put together. It has all the facts that are unparalled and includes the myths like "Would Napoleon have won if he started the battle early" and so forth. The battle maps have been put on a modern level showing motorways and contours and in the 1815 level how it looked then both are excellent. The battle movements are also put in the 1815 map to make it easy to see where every body is. It has a blow by blow account of the battle in the most detail and shows the Infantry, Cavalry and Artillary moving around the battle zone. The photos are from the present battle field but also have the 1815 troop dispostitions superimposed on them which is very informative. You get an idea of what was going on and where. It also has great plates (16 in all), diagrams and army's personal equipment including the weapons and how to form infantry squares, Cavalry movements, helmets style and Artillary firing positions. The text boxes are very informative and a brilliant addition to the book.

This book could be used as a Napoleonic book in it's own right and you can never put it down.

Exciting to read and look over, informative and an excellent book to take with you to Waterloo.