The Waterloo Companion: The Complete Guide to History's Most Famous Land Battle
by Mark Adkin
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While many books have been published on Waterloo, none have rivalled this in either scale or authority. The text, based on Adkin’s fastidious research, including many days spent on the battlefield itself, does far more than simply narrate the events of 18 June 1815. The author provides as much analysis as he does description: plans are examined, commanders assessed and manoeuvres painstakingly related to the ground. Armies, weapons and tactics are comprehensively explored and evaluated. As show more with Adkin’s companions to the battles of Trafalgar and Gettysburg, the text focuses on myths and controversies surrounding the events, as well as elements often neglected in other narrative accounts –such as the performance of the French ‘Grand Battery’ or the Prussian attacks on Plancenoit. Divided into ten sections, The Waterloo Companion can be dipped into as a reference guide or read cover to cover. Featuring little-known information and first-hand accounts of those who fought at Waterloo, it also covers soldier and command structures, tactics and topographical details. Each section is put in context of the battle and enhanced by maps, plans, drawings and diagrams. The Waterloo Companion is an absolute must-have for any historian hoping to further their understanding of one of the world’s most famous land battles. show lessTags
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An excellent resource. Plenty of maps, pictures and illustrations plus an authoritative text to boot. I particularly liked the modern photos of battlefield.
THERE PROBABLY WON'T BE ANOTHER SUCH A COMPLETE REFERENCE TO THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO. MAPS, PHOTOS, ORDERS OF BATTLE, FOR THE BRITISH (+GERMANS) AND THE FRENCH. FOR THE AMATEUR HISTORIAN A MUST.
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Major Mark Adkin was commissioned into The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment in 1956 and served with it and The Royal Anglian Regiment in Germany, Malaya, Mauritius and Aden. On leaving the British Army he joined the Overseas Civil Service and was posted to the Solomon Islands. Transferred to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, he was one of the show more last British District Officers anywhere in the world. His final overseas post was as a contract officer for five years with the Barbados Defence Force, and it was as the Caribbean operations staff officer that he participated in the US invasion of Grenada in 1983. He now lives in Bedford and has written books on military subjects, including Urgent Fury, The Last Eleven? and The Charge, all published by Pen Sword Books. show less
Common Knowledge
- People/Characters
- Napoleon Bonaparte; Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
- Important places
- Waterloo, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
- Important events
- Georgian Era (1714 | 1837); Napoleonic Wars (1803 | 1815); Battle of Waterloo (1815-06-18)
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 355 — Society, government, & culture Public administration & military science The Military - Land, Air & Sea / Warfare
- LCC
- DC242 .A35 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania France – Andorra – Monaco History of France Modern, 1515- Revolutionary and Napoleonic period, 1789-1815
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- Reviews
- 2
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 2
- UPCs
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