Xintao | 23 Jun 2015 8:40 a.m. PST |
If you were going to recommend one book for The battle of Waterloo, what would it be? Xin |
vtsaogames | 23 Jun 2015 8:57 a.m. PST |
Battle description: The Battle by Barbero Data and maps: The Waterloo Companion |
marshalGreg | 23 Jun 2015 9:00 a.m. PST |
The Waterloo companion!? is one to very much consider…and second to that of vstaogames. I do not have the Scotty Bowden's Waterloo book to have a best comparison before making recommendation- others will acknowledge which is better of the two. MG… out |
JimDuncanUK | 23 Jun 2015 9:11 a.m. PST |
Waterloo, The Hundred Days, David Chandler link |
seldonH | 23 Jun 2015 9:26 a.m. PST |
Waterloo Copaninon, Adkins :) !!! link :) |
eddy1957 | 23 Jun 2015 9:30 a.m. PST |
Waterloo Companion, Adkins |
Schogun | 23 Jun 2015 9:45 a.m. PST |
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Silurian | 23 Jun 2015 10:30 a.m. PST |
I would heartily recommend "Waterloo: Battlefield Guide" by David Buttery. Well written, lots of photos and illustrations, and excellent maps. |
Hlaven | 23 Jun 2015 11:36 a.m. PST |
Waterloo Companion followed by David Chandler for me. |
bc1745 | 23 Jun 2015 12:24 p.m. PST |
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ochoin | 23 Jun 2015 12:27 p.m. PST |
Only one book! Are you mad?!? David Howarth's 'A Near Run Thing." |
Gazzola | 23 Jun 2015 12:32 p.m. PST |
One book on any battle or campaign will never be enough. There is always something in one that you won't find in another. And it is always wise to compare and contrast accounts. |
Bellbottom | 23 Jun 2015 1:59 p.m. PST |
'The Hundred Days' by Anthony Brett-James, It's all eyewitness accounts. |
Navy Fower Wun Seven | 23 Jun 2015 11:27 p.m. PST |
Waterloo Companion by Mark Adkin. |
GROSSMAN | 24 Jun 2015 11:47 a.m. PST |
If I had the technology, here is where I post the meme of Sean Bean saying-"one does not simply have one book on Waterloo" |
Timmo uk | 24 Jun 2015 12:13 p.m. PST |
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Xintao | 25 Jun 2015 6:16 a.m. PST |
I realize that it is a huge topic and I know one book can not do it justice. But One book helps boil it down for newbs looking to expand into this period. Thanks for the replies. I went with Chandler since I got a cheap used book. Xin |
138SquadronRAF | 25 Jun 2015 6:50 a.m. PST |
"Napoleon and Waterloo" Maj. A. F. Becke Have to put in a plug for great uncle Archie's book! |
Brechtel198 | 25 Jun 2015 8:11 a.m. PST |
I second Becke's volume, to be followed by those of William Siborne, John Ropes, and Henry Houssaye. Barbero is also an excellent volume, but if you would like a shorter version, highlighted by excellent maps, then read the chapter on the Waterloo campaign in the Esposito/Elting Atlas. Scott Bowden's book on the three armies at Waterloo is invaluable for orders of battle and information contained in the chapters that is most interesting and valuable. |
arthur1815 | 26 Jun 2015 7:28 a.m. PST |
It very much depends on the target audience to whom I was recommending it. To a complete novice, with no prior period knowledge, Howarth's Near Run Thing or Cornwell's more recent Waterloo, as they are lively, entertaining reads with plenty of contemporary eyewitness accounts. To a grognard, I would not dare to recommend any book… |