Waterloo Av Christopher Hibbert

<h2>THE GREATEST OF BATTLES</h2><p>The defining military engagement of the nineteenth century. The epic battle that forever ended one man¿s dreams of a European empire unified under his rule.</p><h2>THE GREATEST OF RIVALS</h2><p>This epoch-defining conflict would ultimately be remembered for the showdown between two of history¿s most legendary commanders: the Duke of Wellington, and Napoleon Bonaparte.</p><h2>THE DEFINITIVE ACCOUNT</h2><p>Divided into three parts, Christopher Hibbert masterfully depicts first Napoleon and his rise to power, then a portrait of Wellington and the allied armies, and lastly the steps leading up to and the battle itself, the final clash on the fields of Waterloo.</p><p><b>A gripping, succinct and panoramic survey of this legendary battle, the history surrounding the conflict, and the personalities that defined both the battle itself, and a generation.</b></p>

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