Waterloo, Bernard Cornwell
Waterloo, Bernard Cornwell
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Waterloo
The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles

Author: Bernard Cornwell

Narrator: Bernard Cornwell, Dugald Bruce Lockhart

Unabridged: 8 hr 55 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/05/2015


Synopsis

From the New York Times bestselling author comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought—a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the two-hundreth anniversary of Napoleon's last stand.On June 18, 1815, the armies of France, Britain, and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. In the previous three days, the French army had beaten the Prussians at Ligny and fought the British to a standstill at Quatre-Bras. The Allies were in retreat. The little village north of where they turned to fight the French army was called Waterloo. The blood-soaked battle to which the town gave its name would become a landmark in European history.In his first work of nonfiction, Bernard Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with a meticulously researched history to give a riveting chronicle of every dramatic moment—from Napoleon's daring escape from Elba to the smoke and gore of the three battlefields and their aftermath. Through quotes from the letters and diaries of Emperor Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, and the ordinary officers and soldiers, Cornwell brings to life how it actually felt to fight those famous battles—as well as the moments of amazing bravery on both sides that left the outcome hanging in the balance until the bitter end.Published to coincide with the battle's bicentennial in 2015, Waterloo is a tense and gripping story of heroism and tragedy—and of the final battle that determined the fate of nineteenth-century Europe.

About Bernard Cornwell

Bernard Cornwell is the author of over fifty novels, including the acclaimed New York Times bestselling Saxon Tales, which serve as the basis for the hit Netflix series The Last Kingdom. He lives with his wife on Cape Cod and in Charleston, South Carolina.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Adrian on August 19, 2020

I've just re-read the entire series over several months (with a few other books sprinkled here and there). I would rate Bernard Cornwell number one when it comes to historical fiction, and the Sharpe series is my favourite of his many stories. Obviously some are better than others but a few really s......more

Goodreads review by Clemens on October 03, 2021

Read this book in 2006, and its the 20th volume, chronologically, of the magnificent Richard Sharpe series. Set in in the year AD 1815, and we're heading to and will end with the famous Battle of Waterloo. At first a society feast is celebrated in Brussels in AD 1815, when the French under Emperor Nap......more

Goodreads review by Benghis on August 04, 2023

Wow. What a dramatic climax for the long Napoleonic Wars, and man alive did Cornwell do it justice. This is one of the most battle-centric books in the series with much less of a focus on fictional intrigue than usual, which felt like a fantastic choice. Even knowing the historical outcome didn't st......more