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Title: Waterloo: Napoleon, Wellington, and the Battle That Changed Europe
Author: Jack Steinberg
Narrator: Jim Johnston
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs and 10 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-26-16
Publisher: WE CANT BE BEAT LLC
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 1 votes
Genres: History, European
Publisher's Summary:
Napoleon Bonaparte and Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, were both born in the same year, one in occupied Corsica and the other as a member of the Protestant Ascendency in Ireland. Though they had very different childhoods, the frustrations they encountered at school shaped the ways in which they approached difficulty.
Both would go on to illustrious military careers, with Wellesley making a name for himself in the British colony of India and Napoleon becoming the emperor of France. Britain and France had been experiencing conflict for some time before the start of Napoleon's rule, but now everything came to a head.
The Napoleonic Wars brought Wellesley and Napoleon into conflict with each other, and eventually, they collided during the Waterloo Campaign. This campaign culminated in the Battle of Waterloo, which would come to be regarded as one of the bloodiest - but also one of the most important - battles in history.
After Napoleon's defeat at the Battle of Waterloo, he went into exile on a remote island in the middle of the Atlantic. Wellesley returned home and involved himself in the British government, helping to shape a Europe that had already been made new by the force of Napoleon's legacy.
Members Reviews:
The Piece of History that we have to refer to often.
Waterloo, by Jack Steinberg is an easy read from start to end. Its initial separation, explanatory of its characters,reminds me the structure of Game of Thrones, a fictional story. However, Waterloo is not fiction, but a historical document of the thoughts, actions and finality of a series of events that we could devote more attention to, from the late eighteenth to the early nineteenth centuries, as it changed the world more profoundly than anyone could imagine. I recommend it and will re-read it to get more of History. I loved it!
Great !!
I have acknowledged many information of history from this book. Really, i did not know more about Napoleon,Welleslry and also about Waterloo. Waterloo is regarded as one of the bloodiest but also one of the most important battles in history. The Napoleonic Wars brought Wellesley and Napoleon into conflict with each other, and eventually, they collided during the Waterloo Campaign.The book is so informative. The battle that has changed Europe was fully unknown to me. If you want to know about it,i will suggest for you this book.As only this book can enriched your brain with many information of that history.
An Historic Battle!
I believe the author tries to keep an unbiased opinion of Wellington and Napoleon. Mr Steinberg was successful in iilustrating the strength and weaknesses of these two Masters of Warfare. The aftermath of the Battle also shows the importance of the Battle on modern Europe.I recommend this book.
Easy to understand details like painting a picture in your ...
About the battle at Waterloo and the end of Napoleon's reign. Details of the biographies of both Napoleon and Wellington. Easy to understand details like painting a picture in your head about the events taking place. If you are not familiar with these two figures in the battle, you will have a good sense by the end.
Waterloo
A good, bare bones factual history of Napoleon and Wellington and the final battle at Waterloo.. it is a good introduction into the complexities of battle and personalities of the main characters.