Waterloo 1815: The Birth of Modern Europe

Osprey's study of the most famous battle of the Napoleonic Wars (1799-1815). Waterloo holds a special place among the great battles of history. The climax of more than twenty years of war, it was indeed a close-run affair, matching two of the world's greatest generals — Napoleon and Wellington. This volume covers the entire campaign including the battles of Quatre Bras, Ligny and Wavre, with five full-colour maps and three highly detailed bird's eye views showing decisive moments in the action. An excellent sense of the closeness of the battle is communicated — Wellington himself claimed it was "the nearest thing you ever saw in your life" — and this gripping account shows the full justice of that statement.

• Author
• Geoffrey Wootten

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 96

• Series
• Osprey Campaign

• Publisher
• Osprey Publishing

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9781855322103

• Genres
• history

• Release date
• 1992