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From the New York Times bestselling author comes the definitive, illustrated history of one of the greatest battles ever fought—a riveting nonfiction chronicle published to commemorate the two-hundreth anniversary of Napoleon's last stand. On June 18, 1815, the armies of France, Britain, and...

The first of two ground-breaking volumes on the Waterloo campaign, this audiobook is based upon a detailed analysis of sources old and new in four languages. It highlights the political stresses between the Allies, the problems of feeding and paying for the Allied forces assembling in Belgium during the undeclared war and how a strategy was thrashed out. It studies the neglected topic of how the Allies beyond the Rhine hampered the plans of Blücher and Wellington, thus allowing Napoleon to snatch the initiative from them.

With the emperor Napoleon at its head, an enormous French army is marching toward Brussels. The British and their allies are also converging on Brussels - in preparation for a grand society ball. And it is up to Richard Sharpe to convince the Prince of Orange to act before it is too late. In this, the culmination of Sharpe's long and arduous career, Bernard Cornwell brings to life all the horror and all the exhilaration of one of the greatest military triumphs of all time.

In this major and wholly original contribution to military history, John Keegan reverses the usual convention of writing about war in terms of generals and nations in conflict, which tends to leave the common soldier as cipher. Instead, he focuses on what a set battle is like for the man in the...

In 1815 deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and exhausted continent with yet another war. Near the small Belgian municipality of Waterloo, two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe--Napoleon's forces on one side, and the Duke of Wellington's on the other.

The Sunday Times Number 1 Bestseller ‘A fabulous story, superbly told … cannot be bettered’ Max Hastings ‘Some battles change nothing. Waterloo changed almost everything.’ On the 18th June 1815 the armies of France, Britain and Prussia descended upon a quiet valley south of Brussels...

A murdered clerk. A body at Waterloo. A letter with a deadly secret. London, 1889. In the gloomy Dead Letter Office at St Martin’s Le Grand, young clerk Andrew Peverell spends his days sorting through letters that never found their intended reader. When three anonymous notes cross his desk –...

"Napoleon Bonaparte's Greatest Battles" takes readers on a vivid exploration of the most significant military conflicts led by one of history's most celebrated commanders. This story is a concentrated account, emphasising conflicts in which Napoleon played a pivotal role. Therefore, this document focuses solely on the conflicts in which Napoleon personally participated, excluding theatres of war such as Spain and Portugal. This book continues the path set by my previous publication, "Napoleon: The Greatest Commander in History," in which we thoroughly examined the complete life and era of ...

Love. Magic. Faith. By the autumn of 537 AD, all who are loyal to King Arthur have retreated to a small parcel of land in North Wales. They are surrounded on all sides, heavily outnumbered, and facing near certain defeat. But Myrddin and Nell, two of the king's companions, have a secret that neither has ever been able to face: Each has seen that on a cold and snowy day in December, Saxon soldiers sent by Modred will ambush and kill King Arthur. And together, they must decide what they are willing to do, and to sacrifice, to avert that fate.

Bound for Arnhem to land behind enemy lines during World War II, a plane full of British Paratroopers runs into an electrical storm over Belgium and is forced to bail out. To their surprise they land behind enemy lines, but instead of fighting Germans in 1944 they find themselves in Waterloo battling the French in 1815. They are one hundred and twenty-nine years early for the Battle of Arnhem.

One rain-soaked afternoon in June 1815 folded a continent into a muddy field and a few stubborn farmhouses. The Day of Waterloo reads that afternoon as choreography — weather, timetables, misread orders, and the stubborn will of commanders who had learned to make Europe turn. Instead of a single heroic stroke, JD Arden traces the small hinges — a delayed cannonade, a soaked powder pouch, a courier who arrived late — that made strategy into fate. Sharp, economical, and a little irreverent, this account moves between the ridge chosen for defense, the cramped farmsteads that became ...

Bernard Cribbins reads Charles Kingsley's much-loved tale about a little chimney-sweep who is turned into a water baby. Tom the chimney-sweep has a hard life. He is beaten by his master, the cruel Mr Grimes, and forced to climb up dark flues where he bruises his knees and elbows and gets soot in his eyes. He is always hungry, for there is never enough to eat, and always dirty, as there is nowhere for him to wash.

The Water Margin is one of the most popular classics of early Chinese literature. It tells the vigorous story of 108 characters who, falling foul of the established state authorities are forced to become outlaws. They form a bandit community in Liangshan Marsh, becoming such a formidable force...

Mila Beldarrain, autora, ente otras novelas, de El Templario y La Verdad de Moctezuma, se adentra ahora en la vida de Napoleón Bonaparte. A través de un diálogo apasionante con el mismo Napoleón, gracias a la consulta y lectura de una bibliografía exhaustiva, tanto actual como de aquellas obras que escribieron aquellos que le conocieron, vamos conociendo la verdadera historia de Napoleón, desterrando mitos, desmintiendo falsedades, explorando las razones últimas que le empujaron a hacer lo que hizo, llegando, en fin, al fondo de lo que de verdad ocurrió. Este tú a tú de Napoleón ...

Las guerras napoleónicas: una lucha de poder que dio forma al mundo moderno ¿Se ha malinterpretado el verdadero impacto de las guerras Napoleónicas? Sumérjase en una época de batallas colosales, estrategias militares revolucionarias y un mundo alterado para siempre por la implacable ambición de Napoleón Bonaparte. Las Guerras Napoleónicas le ofrece un asiento en primera fila de una época en la que el destino de las naciones pendía de un hilo. ¿Por qué este libro? Descubra la maestría táctica de Napoleón Descubra cómo las innovadoras estrategias militares de Napoleón ...

Born in obscurity, William Jennings finds refuge within the walls of an orphanage in the outskirts of Baltimore. Under the tutelage of Xaverian Brothers, he thrives, escaping into his studies of history and baseball. As he witnesses the first three World Series Championships, his imagination begins to weave adventures of heroism -- from the fields of play to the fields of battle.

Why we think it’s a great listen: Some books are meant to be read; others are meant to be heard – Water for Elephants falls into the second group, and is one of the best examples we have of how a powerful performance enhances a great story. Nonagenarian Jacob Jankowski reflects back on his wild and wondrous days with a circus. It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth.

The definitive biography of the great soldier-statesman by the New York Times bestselling author of The Storm of War Austerlitz, Borodino, Waterloo: his battles are among the greatest in history, but Napoleon Bonaparte was far more than a military genius and astute leader of men. Like George...

Fiver could sense danger. Something terrible was going to happen to the warren; he felt sure of it. They had to leave immediately. So begins a long and perilous journey of survival for a small band of rabbits. As the rabbits skirt danger at every turn, we become acquainted with the band, its humorous characters, and its compelling culture, complete with its own folk history and mythos. Fiver’s vision finally leads them to Watership Down, an upland meadow. But here they face their most difficult challenges of all.

Et si les monarchies avaient vacillé plus tôt ? Et si les Habsbourg avaient transformé l’Europe centrale en fédération constitutionnelle ? Et si 1789 avait contaminé les empires avant d’être confisqué par la France ? Ce deuxième tome d’Histoires d’un passé réinventé ne joue pas à repeindre l’Histoire en plus propre. Il ouvre les bifurcations et regarde ce qui rampe derrière. Thalis Nox explore dix scénarios d’uchronie politique où le pouvoir change de forme sans jamais disparaître. Républiques précoces, Empire éclairé, Révolution française mondiale, ...