Waterloo /

Waterloo /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Forrest, Alan I., author.
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015.
Description:	xiii, 220 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Great battles Great battles (Oxford University Press)
Subject:	Waterloo, Battle of (Belgium : 1815) Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815. Belgium -- Waterloo.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10150471

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ISBN:	9780199663255 0199663254
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-207) and index.
Summary:	Waterloo was the last battle fought by Napoleon and the one which finally ended his imperial dreams. It involved huge armies and heavy losses on both sides. For those who fought in it - Dutch and Belgians, Prussians and Hanoverians as well as British and French troops - it was a murderous struggle. For all its ferocity, it was a battle that would be remembered very differently across Europe. In Britain it would be seen as an iconic battle whose memory would be enmeshed in British national identity across the following century. It failed to achieve this iconic status elsewhere. In Prussia it was overshadowed by the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig, while in Holland it was a simple appendage to the prestige of the House of Orange. And in France it was the epitome of a heroic defeat that served to sustain the romantic legend of the Napoleonic Wars and contributed to the growing cult of Napoleon himself. Whereas most works on the battle of Waterloo are only military in nature, Alan Forrest's outstanding work-the first in the Great Battles series -- describes every aspect of how the battle was fought but deals equally with the aftermath: how it has been commemorated, and its legacy. --Provided by publisher.

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