Monday, August 12, 2013

The Waterloo Archive: Volume IV: British Sources, ed. Gareth Glover.

The Waterloo Archive: Volume IV: British Sources, ed. Gareth Glover.

A splendid selection of sources, mainly letters written just before and after the battle of Waterloo, describing the campaign, the battle itself and its aftermath. Provides a mix of personal accounts of the fighting, rumours from the period before and after and the mundane concern of the soldiers in the field. A fantastic source for anyone interested in Waterloo or in Napoleonic warfare in general.
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