"Waterloo; the struggle for Hougoumont by John Franklin" Topic

Does anyone have an availability date on this one, Amazon and Casemate do not have it in stock as of yet.

I'm interested in this one for sure……………….

Release date is 21st April according to Amazon U.K

Paul :)

Thanks very much for the info Paul…………….

Double G

The release date keeps changing all the time, so lets hope this one is still on.

I'm not sure, so don't quote me on this, but I think his book might be connected in some way, or the contents may be constantly updated or being altered in relation to some recent archaeological discoveries. If so, that would take time to reflect if whatever has been discovered could possibly change the history or known knowledge of the attacks against Hougoumont.

Alternatively, the long wait could just be due to problems on the publishing side?

I look forward to this read. Detail as Paul mentioned:

Product Details
Publisher: Fonthill Media
Publication date: 21 Apr 2016
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 2.4 x 24.8 cm
Shipping Weight: 789 g
Book length: 224
ISBN-10: 1781554781
ISBN-13: 978-1781554784
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 648555

Thanks for the information Gazzola, I appreciate it. Thanks as well for your input Condotta; I look forward to it as well…………….

I dropped Fonthill a line recently, since it is not showing on their site, and got the following:

Dear Phillip
Thank you for your interest. The book is being delayed due to unforeseen author's personal circumstances.
We are still proceeding with the project, but at this point I cannot give a more concrete release information. The best I can offer is later this year, possibly the second half.
We will be updating all our data feeds shortly.

Kind regards
Emma Evans

Cheers,
Phil

Phil,
THanks for the information, guess we'll all have to hold on a bit longer, looking like late in the year at this point……..

Regards,
George

Double G

The only positive thing about the delay is that it will give us time to get through all the other Waterloo themed titles we have bought. LOL

Gazz,
Thanks for looking on the bright side; I was especially looking forward to this one, an entire volume based on the fighting in and around Hougoumont.

Too bad…………….

Double G

There is another book available that concentrates on the same area of the battle – Hougoumont The Key To Victory In Waterloo by Julian Paget, published 1999.

Interesting how Hougoumont is considered as the key to victory by Paget, when another author, Brendan Simms, considers it was the defence of La Haye Sainte, in his book The Longest Afternoon.

But I guess different authors have their own opinions of what won the battle. Personally, I see both defences as just part of the overall reason as to why the French lost.

Thanks Gazz, might look into the Paget book since the Franklin book could be a long way off.

I appreciate the information, thanks for taking the time to post………..

Double G

Yes, sadly, there is no guarantee that it will be become available by the new publication date.

Anyway, I have Paget and Simms books on order. And, although they look fairly short, page wise, it will be interesting to see what they contain.

Thanks Gazz, I'll look into the Simms book too then.

I'm curious about the blurb regarding the Franklin book claiming that there were multiple French penetrations into Hougoumont aside from the famous closing of the gates episode.

Am curious as to what they were; am also curious as to where exactly the Nassau and Hanoverian troops were fighting once they gave up their original positions in the woods………….

Information on the book's progress here:

link

The most noteworthy being that the book is entirely from the allied point of view-again.

Apparently not if you read the whole post Kevin.

EDIT: it appears Mr Franklin has actually bolded the relevant sections for you.

Then I guess I misinterpreted that shown below:

Of course, I have not mentioned the French here. That information will have to wait for another day. I will only add, the new French material from various private collections, AnF and Vincennes more than matches that of the British and German given above.

I checked the blurb on Amazon on the book and it states that both French and allied source material was used for the book, so my apologies for the error.

Very gracious Kevin. I can see how it could be misread.

Book expanded. That sounds good, just as long as the publishers don't decide to 'expand' the price. LOL

usually I am not that interested about Belle Alliance, but I am looking forward to read that work.

I doubt this will ever be released. Has the book even been written yet?

It is now scheduled for publication, according to Amazon, for January 2018.