More has probably been written about the Waterloo campaign than almost any other in history.
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..
In this ground-breaking 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.
Gareth Glover has spent a decade uncovering hundreds of previously unpublished eyewitness accounts of the battle and campaign, which have highlighted many of these myths and errors.
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.
However, the lethal combination of national bias, wilful distortion and simple error has unfortunately led to the constantly regurgitated traditional \'accepted\' version being significantly wrong regarding many episodes in the campaign.
It was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars and forms a watershed in both European and world history.
More has probably been written about the Waterloo campaign than almost any other in history
