Waterloo

<p>June 18 1815 was one of the most momentous days in world history marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On the bloody battlefield of Waterloo the Emperor Napoleon and his hastily formed legions clashed with the Anglo-Allied armies led by the Duke of Wellington -- the only time the two greatest military strategists of their age faced each other in combat.</p><p>With precision and elegance Andrew Roberts sets the political strategic and historical scene providing a breathtaking account of each successive stage of the battle while also examining new evidence that reveals exactly how Napoleon was defeated. Illuminating authoritative and engrossing <em>Waterloo</em> is a masterful work of history.</p>