Waterloo
Paul O'KeeffeThe ground-breaking account of the aftermath of the Battle of Waterloo, "told in vivid colors . . . alive with drama and human tragedy" (New York Times)
In the early morning hours of June 19, 1815, more than 50,000 men and 7,000 horses lay dead and wounded on a battlefield just south of Brussels. In the hours, days, weeks and months that followed, news of the battle would begin to shape the consciousness of an age; the battlegrounds would be looted and cleared, its dead buried or burned, its ground and ruins overrun by voyeuristic tourists; the victorious British and Prussian armies would invade France and occupy Paris. And as his enemies within and without France closed in, Napoleon saw no avenue ahead but surrender, exile and captivity.In this dramatic account of the aftermath of the battle of Waterloo, Paul O'Keeffe employs a multiplicity of contemporary sources and viewpoints to create a reading experience that brings into focus as never before the sights,...
Jahr:
2017
Verlag:
The Overlook Press
Sprache:
english
ISBN 10:
1468315404
ISBN 13:
9781468315400
Datei:
EPUB, 10.60 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2017
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