Napoleon and Wellington: The Battle of Waterloo- and the Great Commanders who Fought it"An award-winning historian offers an eye-opening view of the relationship between Napoleon Bonaparte and the Duke of Wellington, whose lives moved inexorably to their meeting at Waterloo, one of the most famous battles of all time."
Napoleon, who was born in the same year as Wellington -- 1769 -- fought Wellington by proxy years earlier in the Peninsular War, praising his ruthlessness in private while publicly deriding him as a mere "general of sepoys." In contrast, Wellington publicly lauded Napoleon, saying that his presence on a battlefield was worth forty thousand men, but privately he wrote long memoranda lambasting Napoleon's campaigning techniques. Although Wellington saved Napoleon from execution after Waterloo, the emperor left money in his will to the man who had tried to assassinate the duke. Wellington in turn amassed a series of Napoleonic trophies of his great victory, even sleeping with two of the emperor's mistresses. The fascinating, constantly changing relationship between these two historical giants forms the basis of Andrew Roberts's compelling study in pride, rivalry, propaganda, nostalgia and posthumous revenge. It is at once a brilliant work of military history and a triumphant biography. Featuring a cast of fascinating supporting characters -- including the empress Josephine, the Prince Regent and Talleyrand -- "Napoleon and Wellington" provides the definitive account of the most decisive battle of the nineteenth century. |
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Contents
A Fine Time for an Enterprising Young Man | 3 |
Apprenticeship at Arms 17991805 | 14 |
A Near Miss 18051808 | 29 |
March June 1815 | 138 |
Thank God I Have Met Him 18 June 1815 | 163 |
Wellington Protects Napoleon and His | 182 |
Shepherding the Scapegoats 18151816 | 199 |
A Shrinking Colossus 18171821 | 226 |
Remembering with Advantages 18221835 | 244 |
The War for Clios Ear 18361852 | 267 |
Conclusion | 288 |
Bibliography | 317 |
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