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Author Summerville, C. J. (Christopher J.)

Title Who was who at Waterloo [electronic resource] : a biography of the battle / Christopher Summerville.

Imprint Harlow [Eng.] : Longman, 2007 (Boston, Mass. : Credo Reference, 2012.)

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 Axe Credo Reference E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
 Axe Credo Reference E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 1 online resource (165 entries) : 115 images, digital files.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents A-Z.
Access Access restricted to authorized users and institutions.
Summary This book presents the battle of Waterloo in a completely new and innovative format. A reference book, a biographical dictionary, and a myth-busting expose, Who was Who at Waterloo is an indispensable guide to history's most famous battle. Arranged in alphabetical order from Major General Sir Frederick William Adam to Lieutenant General Hans Ernst Karl Ziethen, and with linked cross-references throughout the text, the book boasts a colourful cast of soldiers, politicians, peasants, surgeons, artists, novelists, poets, scientists, entrepreneurs, and more. It provides many sorties into nineteenth century culture, politics, medicine and science. It also provides a thorough look at the sources, identifying myths, irregularities and cover-ups. The book demonstrates how little we can really know about Waterloo. And yet it also demonstrates just how much can be said about the battle's participants.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Note Description based on title page of print version.
Subject Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Biography.
Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 -- Personal narratives.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Credo Reference (Firm)
Other Form: Print version: 0582784050 9780582784055 xxi, 465 p. : ill., map, port.
ISBN 9781849724012 (online)
0582784050 (pbk.)
0582784050 (hbk.)
9780582784055 (pbk.)

 
    
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