Waterloo : the history of four days, three armies, and three battles /
An illustrated account chronicles in detail events ranging from Napoleon's escape from Elba through Waterloo's three major battlefield events.
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Glorious news! Nap's landed again in France, hurrah!
- Napoleon has humbugged me, by God!
- The fate of France is in your hands!
- Avancez, mes enfants, courage, encore une fois, Français!
- Ah! Now I've got them, those English!
- A cannon ball came from the Lord knows where and took the head off our right-hand man
- The Big Boots don't like rough stuff!
- Those terrible grey horses, how they fight!
- We had our revenge! Such slaughtering!
- The most beautiful troops in the world
- Defend yourselves! Defend yourselves! They are coming in everywhere!
- Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained
- Aftermath : a thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee.