ISBN10: 0007190751, ISBN13: 9780007190751, [publisher: Collins, UK] Hardcover First Edition Hardcover. 143 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Collins, UK, 2005. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in very good dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Spine has mild fading. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Edges of pages are lightly browned. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: In 'Waterloo', Roberts provides not only a fizzing account of one of the most significant 48-hour periods of all time, but also a startling revaluation on the methodology of history - is it possible to create an accurate picture from a single standpoint? What we can say for certain about the battle is that it ended forever one of the great personal world-historical epics. The career of Napoleon was brought to a shuddering halt on the evening of 18th June 1815. Interwoven in the clear-cut narrative are exciting revelations brought to light by recent research: accident rather than design led to the crucial cavalry debacle that lost the battle. Among the all-too-human explanation for the blunder that cost Napoleon his throne, Roberts sets the political, strategic and historical scene, and finally shows why Waterloo was such an important historical punctuation mark. The generation after Waterloo saw the birth of the modern era: ghastly as the carnage here was, henceforth the wars of the future were ...
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Harpercollins Pub Ltd, Date: 2005. Hardcover. Good. All of our books without an ISBN number (normally pre-1970 in date) are described individually in detail. Books with an ISBN number (this one included) are all offered for sale in a reasonable condition or better: some may be in very good, near fine, or fine condition. If the condition is critical to your decision to purchase, then please contact us and we will let you know our view of its condition. If the book is extremely heavy, we will need to contact you before completion of purchase to advise you of extra postage costs. 2005. Harpercollins Pub Ltd ISBN 0007190751 9780007190751 [GB]

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UK,small 8vo HB+protected dw/dj,ex-public library,1st edn.[ Number line 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2.A title from the Making History series.] VG+/FINE.An ex-public library book,so no owner inscrptn,and no price-clip to protected dw/dj.Front free endpaper has a 'WITHDRAWN FROM PLYMOUTH LIBRARY SERVICES' red inked library stamp and to the verso of title-page,towards it's foot and bottom left-hand corner, a black-inked public library stamp,a green-inked public library stamp to top edges,a vertical, black-inked public library stamp to fore-edges, another black-inked public library stamp to bottom edges too; and to rear pastedown is a rectangular white paper security(?) label pasted to it,plus to foot of rear endpaper another black-inked public library stamp.These are the complete and only public library notations/ indications to the book.Protected in a clear protective sleeve,a bright,crisp,clean,red background with colour photographic (Army officer's Coatee) illustrated dw/dj,with critics' reviews to rear panel, gilt+b/w lettering; with negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no major nicks or tears present - though some light and inevitable fading/sunning to it's spine/backstrip - and book has a slight lean.Bright, crisp,clean,publisher's original,plain black cloth boards with bright ,crisp,blocked gilt letters to spine/backstrip,and plain white endpapers with afore-mentioned listed imperfections or library markings.Front top two corners minimally bumped.Contents ...

ISBN10: 0007190751, ISBN13: 9780007190751, [publisher: London : HarperCollins] Hardcover First Edition Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper, not price-clipped. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description; 143 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports ; 21 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-137) and index. Subjects; Napoleon I, Emperor of the French 1769-1821. Bonaparte, Napoleon, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of. Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Campaigns Belgium. Waterloo, Battle of, 1815. Napoleonic Wars, Waterloo, 1815, battle. Waterloo Battlefield. Waterloo Brabant Belgium Europe. 1 Kg.
[New York, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2005]
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