Napoleon and Wellington
By: Andrew Roberts.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 350
Subjects: Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 -- Military leadership.; Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 -- Military leadership.; Generals -- France -- Biography.; Generals -- Great Britain -- Biography.; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "At breakfast on the morning of the battle of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon declared that the Duke of Wellington was a bad general, the British were bad soldiers and that France could not fail to win an easy victory Forever afterwards, historians have accused him of gross overconfidence and massively underestimating the calibre of the British commander opposed to him Now the award-winning historian Andrew Roberts presents an original, highly revisionist view of the relationship between the two greatest captains of their age."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-330) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: List of illustrations; title: Acknowledgments; title: Comparative Chronology; title: Introduction; title: PART I - THE ROAD TO WATERLOO; title: ONE: 'A Fine Time for an Enterprising Young Man':; title: I769-1799; title: TWO: Apprenticeship at Arms: I799-i805; title: THREE: A Near Miss: I805-I808; title: FOUR: To Lie Like a Bulletin: I808-I809; title: FIVE: First Recognition: I8o9-I8Io; title: SIX: Will He? Won't He?: I8Io-I8II; title: SEVEN: Two Retreats, One Tragedy: I8I2-I8I3; title: EIGHT: 'Napoleon Has Abdicated': I813-I8I4; title: NINE: Evenings on Elba, Nights in Paris: I8I4-I8I5; title: TEN: A Hundred-Day Dash for La Gloire:; title: March-June I815; title: PART II - WATERLOO AND ITS AFTERMATH; title: ELEVEN: 'Thank God, I Have Met Him!': I8June I8I5; title: TWELVE: Wellington Protects Napoleon (and His Own; title: Reputation): June-July I815; title: THIRTEEN: Shepherding the Scapegoats: I8I5-I8I6; title: FOURTEEN: A Shrinking Colossus: I8I7; title: I82I; title: FIFTEEN: Remembering with Advantages: 1822-1835; title: SIXTEEN: The War for Clio's Ear: I836-1852; title: Conclusion; title: Notes; title: Maps:; title: The Peninsular War 1808-14; title: The Waterloo Campaign 15-I8 June 1815; title: (based on a map by David Chandler); title: The Battle of Waterloo i8June 1815; title: (based on a map by David Chandler); title: Bibliography; title: Index (compiled by Douglas Matthews).