Waterloo: The Hundred Days

Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded – no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: A library stamp is visible on the front endpaper. Binding condition: Appears intact.

A masterwork of military history, Waterloo: The Hundred Days chronicles Napoleon Bonaparte’s dramatic and audacious return from exile on the island of Elba in 1815 and the breathtaking campaign that followed. Renowned military historian David Chandler presents a meticulous and authoritative account of the hundred days between Napoleon’s return to Paris and his catastrophic defeat at the hands of Wellington and Blcher on the fields of Waterloo. Drawing on primary sources and decades of scholarship, Chandler reconstructs the strategic manoeuvres, battlefield decisions, and command failures that sealed the fate of an empire, arguing that the outcome was far from inevitable. With vivid narrative detail and sharp analytical insight, the account illuminates the human drama behind one of history’s most decisive confrontations, from the clash at Ligny and Quatre Bras through to the final, bloody Sunday of June 18, 1815. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the collapse of Napoleonic France and the reshaping of modern Europe.