The Longest Afternoon

The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo

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Brendan Simms

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The true story, told minute by minute, of the soldiers who defeated Napoleon Europe had been at war for over twenty years. After a short respite in exile, Napoleon had returned to France and threatened another generation of fighting across the devastated and exhausted continent. At the small Belgian village of Waterloo two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe. This book tells their extraordinary story, brilliantly recapturing the fear, chaos and chanciness of battle and using previously untapped eye-witness reports. Through determination, cunning and fighting spirit, some four hundred soldiers held off many thousands of French and changed the course of history.

Author Biography:

Brendan Simms is the author of Unfinest Hour (shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize), Three Victories and a Defeat and the universally praised Europe- The Struggle for Supremacy, which was published in 2013. He is Professor of the History of International Relations at the University of Cambridge.

Release date NZ

May 7th, 2015

Author

Brendan Simms

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Pages

160

Dimensions

129x198x9

ISBN-13

9780141979267

Product ID

22975109

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