Napoleon, the Fall of an Emperor. The Story of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles That Determined the Fate of Europe
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Napoleon, the Fall of an Emperor. The Story of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles That Determined the Fate of Europe
14.99 €
The Napoleonic Wars are one of the most famous periods in European history and one of the key events that shaped the destinies of many nations. During them, Napoleon Bonaparte conquered half the world - and lost everything. Having suffered defeat in the War of the Sixth Coalition, he abdicated and went into exile, but Bonaparte's story did not end there. June 18, 1815, the armies of several countries converged under a small town near Brussels, Waterloo. At the head of the Allied forces stood the Duke of Wellington - a commander who had not lost a single battle at that time. At the head of the French troops - Napoleon Bonaparte. An exiled emperor who fled the island of Elba. A great strategist. A man who changed history. His life has been reflected in a huge number of historical studies, works of fiction, movies, television series. It took Napoleon Bonaparte a hundred days to return to power and lose it again. The Battle of Waterloo was decisive for the Emperor, for France and, undoubtedly, for Europe. The author unfolds before the reader a panorama of events and shows the war in all its dirt, cruelty and inhumanity. Based on a large number of documentary materials, Bernard Cornwell reconstructs the fate of Napoleon during the Hundred Days, the preparations for the military campaign, the chronicle of the battles of Catra-Bras, Ligny and Waterloo and the political consequences they had.The book was previously published in the series "History of Wars and Military Art" under the title "Waterloo: The Story of the Battle that Determined the Fate of Europe".
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