"Waterloo: Myth and Reality " Topic

By Gareth Glover.

"More has probably been written about the Waterloo campaign than almost any other in history. It was the climax of the Napoleonic Wars and forms a watershed in both European and world history. However, the lethal combination of national bias, wilful distortion and simple error has unfortunately led to the constantly regurgitated traditional 'accepted' version being significantly wrong regarding many episodes in the campaign. Oft-repeated claims have morphed into established fact and, with the bicentenary of this famous battle soon to be commemorated, it is high time that these are challenged and finally dismissed. Gareth Glover has spent a decade uncovering hundreds of previously unpublished eyewitness accounts of the battle and campaign, which have highlighted many of these myths and errors. In this ground-breaking history, based on extensive primary research of all the nations involved, he provides a very readable and beautifully balanced account of the entire campaign while challenging these distorted claims and myths, and he provides clear evidence to back his version of events. His thoughtful reassessment of this decisive episode in world history will be stimulating reading for those already familiar with the Napoleonic period and it will form a fascinating introduction for readers who are discovering this extraordinary event for the first time."

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Hope you enjoy!.

Amicalement
Armand

…hundreds of previously unpublished eyewitness accounts of the battle

Yeah, right.

Ha!Ha!.

Amicalement
Armand

Well Gareth is hardly jumping on the 1815 bandwagon, he has a lifetime of experience doing research on the Napoleonic Wars. A former Royal Navy officer, he will also be able to have a more instinctive and experienced understanding of operational decision making than most armchair experts…

I think I will be adding this to my collection…

" " …hundreds of previously unpublished eyewitness accounts of the battle " Yeah, right. "

Considering that by last summer he has 6 volumes of Waterloo Letters in print plus other Memoirs, it must be hundreds :

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Hi All,

I ran across this short discussion and thought I would help by correcting a misunderstanding.

The statement in the book blurb 'Gareth Glover has spent a decade uncovering hundreds of previously unpublished eyewitness accounts of the battle and campaign, which have highlighted many of these myths and errors' is of course correct, as this refers to the hundreds of letters I have had published in numerous books over the last 10 years. The new book does not claim to bring forward hundreds more letters, but to utilise all of this material and that published by many others including Erwin Muilwijk and John Franklin, to produce a heavily revised narrative of the Waterloo campaign eradicating much myth, error and national bias.

But as to the question of whether there are still hundreds more Waterloo letters out there yet unpublished. The answer is an emphatic yes! The Waterloo Archive allowed me to publish a large number of smaller accounts, but there are many large single accounts/collections yet to come. I need only refer to my two volume publication next year of the Waterloo correspondence to/from Sir Henry Clinton (2nd Division). It alone amounts to 300,000 words or over 400 letters and there are a number more to come beyond that.

I hope this clears this confusion up.

Gareth Glover

Many thanks for the clarification Gareth.
And best of luck to your books!.

Amicalement
Armand

Seconded!
I look forward to this, and your future books.
Regards,
Arthur