The Battle of Waterloo Experience

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780233004471
• ISBN10: 0233004475
• Edition: SLP HAR/AC
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2015-05-05
• Publisher: Andre Deutsch

Summary

After Napoleon's defeat and exile on Elba in 1814, it looked as if his extraordinary military career had come to an end. But then the Emperor escaped and made a last stand, which climaxed on June 18, 1815, when almost 200,000 Prussian, British, and French soldiers clashed at Waterloo. Published to mark the 200th anniversary, The Battle of Waterloo Experience is a compelling new treatment of the Hundred Days campaign, beautifully illustrated and including reproductions of contemporary letters and documents that graphically portray the background to Napoleon’s final overthrow.

Author Biography

Peter Snow is a highly respected journalist, author, and broadcaster. He was ITN's Diplomatic and Defence Correspondent from 1966 to 1979, and presented Newsnight from 1980 to 1997. An indispensable part of election nights, he has also covered military matters on and off the world's battlefields for 40 years. His son Dan Snow is an historian who has researched, written, and presented several documentaries. Dan appears regularly on the BBC’s One Show as their “History Man,” and has been published in the Times, the Sunday Times, the Guardian, the Daily Express, and BBC History Magazine. Educated at the University of Oxford, he has joint British and Canadian citizenship.
 
Together, Peter and Dan Snow presented the BAFTA award-winning Battlefield Britain and wrote the accompanying bestselling book (BBC Books).