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Cornwell, Bernard, author.

Waterloo : the history of four days, three armies, and three battles / Bernard Cornwell.

First U.S. edition.

Originally published: London : William Collins, 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-348) and index.

New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014]

©2014

352 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, color portraits ; 24 cm

"From the New York Times bestselling author and master of martial fiction comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought--a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Napoleon's last stand,"--Amazon.com.

Glorious news! Nap's landed again in France, hurrah! -- Napoleon has humbugged me, by God! -- the fate of France is in your hands! -- Avancez, mes enfants, courage, encore une fois, Français! -- Ah! Now I've got them, those English! -- A cannon ball came from the Lord knows where and took the head off our right-hand man -- The Big Boots don't like rough stuff! -- Those terrible grey horses, how they fight! --We had our revenge! Such slaughtering! -- The most beautiful troops in the world -- Defend yourselves! Defend yourselves! They are coming in everywhere! -- Next to a battle lose, the greatest misery is a battle gained -- Aftermath : a thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee.

Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815.

Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Campaigns -- Belgium.

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