Book Reviews Category
Waterloo Messenger, The Life of Henry Percy
July 24, 2017 - The Chairman
Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter reviews WATERLOO MESSENGER, The Life of Henry Percy by William Mahon, Published by Pen and Sword This small volume is something of a gem penetrating a very small part of the Waterloo story. Henry Percy, a scion of the Northumberland Family, was the man who brought the dramatic news of Waterloo to […]
The Fields of Death by Simon Scarrow
July 8, 2017 - The Chairman
I was recently given a copy of a novel about Waterloo. I don’t normally read novels but this of course was different. A novel about Wellington and Napoleon on that great day perhaps? But No! It was a fairly straightforward interpretation of Napoleon’s and the Iron Duke’s campaigns from Spain to Waterloo. I am pretty […]
Wellington’s Men Remembered
March 19, 2017 - The Chairman
On Thursday the Waterloo Association had its AGM and it was enhanced by a most interesting talk on the strategy, rather than the tactics, of the Waterloo campaign. Readers of this blog should look out for the publication of John Hussey’s magnum opus on Waterloo which goes into the minutest detail of the campaign and […]
Russia against Napoleon by Dominic Lieven
March 6, 2017 - The Chairman
Published by Allen Lane and Penguin Books ISBN: 978-0-141-98460-5 This book was put in my Christmas stocking by my wife and she seldom selects books on Military History as he is fed up with books everywhere in this house. I recently finished the book and I must say I have seldom found a book so […]
A Strange Tale: Thomas Keneally on the last days of Napoleon
November 4, 2016 - The Chairman
This is an unusual book. It’s a novel about Napoleon’s exile in St Helena and tells the story of the Ogre’s arrival and stay on the island from the eyes of a young girl who allegedly got to know him well. It’s a charming tale and is really in two parts “Before Lowe” and ” […]
World Book Day 2016: Ten Waterloo novels
March 3, 2016 - Richard Moss
The team at Waterloo200 have chosen their favourite Waterloo novels and works of fiction for World Book Day 2016. Our lively list of historical tales was selected by Sir Evelyn Webb-Carter, Carole Divall and Michael Crumplin. Bernard Cornwell, Sharpe’s Waterloo, 1990, Collins, London The eponymous hero settles some old scores with love rivals and […]
Wellington’s Men Remembered: Volume 2 – M to Z
December 17, 2015 - Carole Divall
Janet and David Bromley Published by Praetorian Press, an imprint of Pen and Sword £60 ISBN 978 1 84884 750 7 This is Volume two of an astonishing register of graves and memorials to those British and King’s German Legion men who fought with the great Duke from Portugal through Spain to Waterloo. Some […]
The Battle of Waterloo Experience, with Dan and Peter Snow
June 15, 2015 - Alwyn Collinson
Watch celebrity historians Peter and Dan Snow talk about the Battle of Waterloo, and their collaboration with the National Army Museum: The Snows have co-authored a new book, The Battle of Waterloo Experience, in partnership with the National Army Musuem. The Battle of Waterloo Experience draws on the fantastic archive of the National Army Museum […]
Book of the Month: Waterloo in 100 Objects
May 13, 2015 - Alwyn Collinson
This is an excellent volume which complements the 200 objects on the Waterloo 200 website. However there are some important differences. Gareth Glover, whose knowledge of the subject is encyclopaedic, has include several objects which are not on the website. For example the Forest of Soignes, an important landmark is not on the website, yet […]
