Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything. In the previous three days, the French army had beaten the British at Quatre-Bras and the Prussians at Ligny. The Allies were in retreat. Brought to life by the celebrated novelist Bernard Cornwell, this is a chronicle of the four days leading up to the actual battle and a thrilling hour-by-hour account of that fateful day. Cornwell combines his storytelling skills with meticulously researched history to give a riveting account of every dramatic moment, from Napoleon’s escape from Elba to the smoke and gore of the battlefields.
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On the 18th June 1815, the armies of France, Britain, and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels. The blood-soaked battle of Waterloo would become a landmark in European history.
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