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Waterloo: The Aftermath
Paul O'Keeffe
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Description for Waterloo: The Aftermath
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After midnight, 19 June 1815...
On the battlefield more than 50,000 men and 7,000 horses lie dead and wounded; the wreckage of a once proud French Grande Armée struggles in abject disorder to the Belgian frontier pursued by murderous Prussian lancers; and Napoleon Bonaparte, exhausted and stunned at the scale of his defeat, rode through the darkness towards Paris, abdication and captivity.
In the days, weeks and months that followed, news of the battle shaped the consciousness of an age. Drawing on a multiplicity of contemporary voices and viewpoints, Paul O’Keeffe brings into focus as never before the sights, sounds and smells of the battlefield, of conquest and defeat, of celebration and riot.
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099563792
SKU
V9780099563792
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About Paul O'Keeffe
Paul O'Keeffe is a lecturer and writer based in Liverpool. His acclaimed books include Waterloo: The Aftermath and, Culloden: Battle & Aftermath, described by the Daily Mail as ‘As vivid as the Ten O'Clock News... fascinating, detailed, meticulously researched... tremendous'.
Reviews for Waterloo: The Aftermath
If you buy one book to mark this Waterloo anniversary, buy this one
Gerard DeGroot
The Times
It is all here – and all told with the same verve, eye for anecdote and command of the material. This is a very good book, and a model of how narrative history should be written... anybody remotely interested in the battle should read
The Spectator
Invigorating and compelling
Daily Telegraph
I was gripped by the wealth of detail and humanity in the book... This is how the tales of battles should be told, whatever the time, place or outcome
Emily Mayhew, author of Wounded A grim story – but well worth the telling
Saul David
Evening Standard
What is truly gripping is the human horror, and the realization that what counts in war is not glory or patriotism, but victory, supremacy and the uncompromising need to prevail
Roger Lewis
Daily Mail
Original and fascinating… If you buy one book to mark [the] anniversary [of Waterloo], buy this one
Washington Post
Original and fascinating… If you buy one book to mark [the] anniversary [of Waterloo], buy this one
Washington Post
O’Keeffe describes these fraught, uncertain days with skill and a touch for ground-level detail... [He] has told in vivid colors a story that is often passed over in most narratives, but that is alive with drama and human tragedy
New York Times
O’Keeffe has done a magnificent job tying up loose ends and telling a story that needed to be told
Good Book Guide
Gerard DeGroot
The Times
It is all here – and all told with the same verve, eye for anecdote and command of the material. This is a very good book, and a model of how narrative history should be written... anybody remotely interested in the battle should read
The Spectator
Invigorating and compelling
Daily Telegraph
I was gripped by the wealth of detail and humanity in the book... This is how the tales of battles should be told, whatever the time, place or outcome
Emily Mayhew, author of Wounded A grim story – but well worth the telling
Saul David
Evening Standard
What is truly gripping is the human horror, and the realization that what counts in war is not glory or patriotism, but victory, supremacy and the uncompromising need to prevail
Roger Lewis
Daily Mail
Original and fascinating… If you buy one book to mark [the] anniversary [of Waterloo], buy this one
Washington Post
Original and fascinating… If you buy one book to mark [the] anniversary [of Waterloo], buy this one
Washington Post
O’Keeffe describes these fraught, uncertain days with skill and a touch for ground-level detail... [He] has told in vivid colors a story that is often passed over in most narratives, but that is alive with drama and human tragedy
New York Times
O’Keeffe has done a magnificent job tying up loose ends and telling a story that needed to be told
Good Book Guide