Summer Book Competition – Win Michael Crumplin’s Bloody Fields of Waterloo
August 15, 2016 - Richard Moss in News
Competition now closed – thank you to all who entered!
We are offering you the chance to win a copy of The Bloody Fields of Waterloo, Michael Crumplin’s masterly account of medical support and surgery during and after the battle.
Part of the Waterloo 200 team, Michael is a retired surgeon from Wrexham, a curator and archivist at the Royal College of Surgeons and an authority on battlefield surgery during the Peninsula and Napoleonic Wars.
Some 55,000 soldiers were killed or wounded at Waterloo and the study begins with a brief overview of the principal battle of the 1815 campaign, with medical commentary and an outline of the ranking and types of medical staff with their responsibilities.
Waterloo was visited by Britain’s only (Regius) Professor of Military Surgery in Edinburgh, John Thomson, who toured the Belgium hospitals after the battle and wrote a valuable report on his findings among the wounded. As well as covering Thomson’s findings the book also pulls together a collection of (largely British Army) medical anecdotes relating to wounded officers and men, some better known than others.
Together these chapters make for a fascinating insight into the bloody backdrop of Britain’s most famous battle.
To win it answer the following question:
What was the name of Wellington’s personal physician and surgeon who amputated the leg of Henry Paget, Lord Uxbridge, at Waterloo?
Hint: you will find the answer in our 200 Objects of Waterloo section in the description of this famous object.
Email your answer to [email protected] with ‘Waterloo Book Competition’ in the subject line.
Don’t forget to include your name and address so we can send the book out to you if you win.
Competition closes on September 6 2016.
Terms and conditions:
Entrants must be over 16 years of age and resident in the UK.
All entrants must include contact details or their entry will be discarded.
All contact details will be deleted after the competition.
Winners will be informed on September 6 2016.
Winners will be drawn at random, decisions are final and correspondence will not be entered into.
Waterloo200 does not take responsibility for any lost or late entries.
This competition is free to enter, no purchase is necessary.
The prize must be taken as stated, cannot be deferred, and there is no cash alternative.
