News from Waterloo
Subtitle: How Britain Learned of Wellington's Triumph
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Limited
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780571315253
Subjects: Waterloo, battle of, waterloo, belgium, 1815; Great britain, history
Description: "The Duke of Wellington's victory over Napoleon in 1815 at Waterloo ensured British dominance for the rest of the nineteenth century. It took three days and two hours for word to travel from Belgium in a form that people could rely upon. This is a tragi-comic midsummer's tale that begins amidst terrible carnage and weaves through a world of politics and military convention, enterprise and roguery, frustration, doubt and jealousy, to end spectacularly in the heart of Regency society at a grand soiree in St James' Square after feverish journeys by coach and horseback, a Channel crossing delayed by falling tides and a flat calm, and a final dash by coach and four from Dover to London. At least five men were involved in bringing the news or parts of it to London, and their stories are fascinating. " --