More has probably been written about the Waterloo campaign than almost
any other in history. It was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars and forms
a watershed in both European and world history. However, the lethal
combination of national bias, willful distortion, and simple error has
unfortunately led to the constantly regurgitated traditional 'accepted'
version being significantly wrong regarding many episodes in the
campaign. Oft-repeated claims have morphed into established fact and,
with the bicentenary of this famous battle soon to be commemorated, it
is high time that these are challenged and finally dismissed.
Gareth Glover has spent a decade uncovering hundreds of previously
unpublished eyewitness accounts of the battle and campaign, which have
highlighted many of these myths and errors. In this groundbreaking
history, based on extensive primary research of all the nations
involved, he provides a very readable and beautifully balanced account
of the entire campaign while challenging these distorted claims and
myths, and he provides clear evidence to back his version of events. His
thoughtful reassessment of this decisive episode in world history will
be stimulating reading for those already familiar with the Napoleonic
period and it will form a fascinating introduction for readers who are
discovering this extraordinary event for the first time.
