by Alessandro Barbero, Alessandro Barbero · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782082104395
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«Waterloo» is the historical essay by Alessandro Barbero on the eponymous battle, published by Flammarion in paperback (448 pages, in French).
Alessandro Barbero reconstructs hour by hour the battle of Waterloo of 18 June 1815, intertwining testimonies, maps and strategic analysis. He gives the protagonists back their doubts and uncertainties and shows how a legendary day could have ended differently, without national myths.
Work originally published in Italian as «La battaglia. Storia di Waterloo» in 2003; this French edition of 2005 adds the subtitle «18 juin 1815, l'effroyable bataille».
Suitable for readers interested in military history, the Napoleonic Wars and 19th-century Europe.
Alessandro Barbero is an Italian historian, writer and essayist.
