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Letters from the Battle of Waterloo : Unpublished Correspondence by Allied Officers from the Siborne Papers, Paperback / softback Book

Letters from the Battle of Waterloo : Unpublished Correspondence by Allied Officers from the Siborne Papers Paperback / softback

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Waterloo is probably the most famous battle in military history.

Thousands of books have been written on the subject but mysteries remain and controversy abounds. By presenting more than 200 previously unpublished accounts by Allied officers who fought at the battle, this collection goes right back to the primary source material.

In the letters the Allied officers recount where they were and what they saw.

Gareth Glover has provided historical background information but lets the officers speak for themselves as they reveal exactly what happened in June 1815. Originally sent to, and at the request of, Captain W Siborne, then in the process of building his famous model of the battle, these letters have remained unread in the Siborne papers in the British Library.

A small selection was published in Waterloo Letters in 1891 but much of vast historical significance did not see the light then and has remained inaccessible until now.

Glover now presents this remarkable collection which includes letters here by Major Baring, George Bowles, Edward Whinyates, John Gurwood and Edward Cotton as well as letters by Hanoverian and King's German Legion officers. This is a veritable treasure trove of material on the battle and one which will mean that every historian's view of the battle will need correcting.

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