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: #122702 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.

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.

A masterpiece
As a Waterloo enthusiast, I was highly impressed with the outstanding quality of the 'Waterloo Companion'. I'm interested in uniform details, the campaign itself, units on the battlefield, tactics of the period, etc.. and this book has it all. I took the book to the battlefield and compared the landscape with the pictures in the book and the location of the different units, which made my understanding of the battle much better. Also, the accurate sequence of events and description and plans of fights around the farms is excellent. Highly recommended.