"Many More Waterloo Books !" Topic

Ok, here it is 2017 and we are going to get another mass release of Waterloo books.

John Franklin's:
"Waterloo – The Struggle for Hougoumont: In the words of those who witnessed the events of June 1815" – Apr 19 2017. I've been waiting for this one for some time.

Two by John Hussey:
"Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815: Volume I: From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras" – Jun 19 2017

"Waterloo: The 1815 Campaign: Volume II: From Waterloo to the Restoration of Peace in Europe" – Dec 19 2017

No less than three by Paul Dawson:
"Marshal Ney at Quatre Bras: New Perspectives on the Opening Battle of the Waterloo Campaign" – Oct 19 2017

"Waterloo: The Truth at Last: Why Napoleon Lost the Great Battle" – Dec 19 2017

"Napoleon and Grouchy: The Last Great Waterloo Mystery Unravelled" – Sep 19 2017
All NEW info ?? And whatever happened to his other "Napoleon's Last Army" 4 or 5 books ?

And finally one by Andrew Field:
"Grouchy's Waterloo: The Battles of Ligny and Wavre" – June 19 2017. I liked his previous two QB and Waterloo books.

My wallet is being overwelmed !
Any comments on which ones to get OR just all of them.

Cliff

Yea, we'll see. I have a lot already. Only review I've seen of Hussey's is actually here on TMP:

TMP link

I will look fwd to the one on Ney, MAYBE Grouchy, but I already have a lot there, probably most of the Sources he might use…..of course unless he's gone back to the French Army archives……hopefully he has.

I usually buy by author, if the subject interest me. Andrew Field and John Hussey definitely.

Andrew Field's first two Waterloo books are excellent. John Hussey's Waterloo articles from First Empire Magazine are also excellent.

I'll have to think about the others.

And yet there still is no definitive book on Jena.

I'd like to see that, Haitiansoldier

I would love to see the definitive history of Jena written. Waterloo has been done to death, along with the Russian Campaign. A definitive book on Wagram would be great as well.

Camcleod

Waterloo by John Hussey and Grouchy's Waterloo are available now in the UK. I already have my copies and they both look good. I have put them at the top of my yet-to-read mountain which just seems to be getting bigger and bigger.

Not sure I will bother with all the new 1815 titles forthcoming, although saying that, I am a sucker for a new book because I believe they will all contain something other titles do not. But I might wait and see the reaction to some of them before forking out yet more cash.

Anyway, we can't complain about there not being enough Napoleonic titles being published. There seems to be no end. And not just about the Waterloo campaign either, I'm pleased to say. I'm waiting for the arrival of Nafziger's Lutzen and Bautzen 1813 which is due sometime this month. Trouble is, with all this reading to do, I've been ignoring the painting of the little ones.

Camcleod

Just checked out Franklin's forthcoming title, which was intended I believe to be available a long time ago. Unfortunately, the Publisher's website has it marked as still a book in progress, so it may be some time before it actually becomes available.

"The Truth At Last"

Jesus, it's beyond parody..

And yet there still is no definitive book on Jena.

You might want to try Napoleon's Apogee: Pascal Bressonet's Tactical Studies 1806: Saalfeld, Jena, and Auerstadt, translated and annotated by Scott Bowden.

Also, Napoleon's Finest: Davout and his III Corps-Combat Journal of Operations 1805-1807, translated by Scott Bowden.

Both of these are published by Military History Press and are expensive, but are definitely worth the price.

Napoleon's Apogee is far too expensive for me. If I could get a preview of the book to see if it really is the definitive book on Jena, I would save up to buy it.
I would also love to see the definitive book on Wagram 1809 written, and Smolensk 1812 as well.
By the way, has your book on the Haitian War of Independence I recommended arrived yet?

Yes it has and I started it yesterday.

Thanks very much for the recommendation.

Sadly for my wallet I will probably get all of them.
I am a compulsive collector.
Over the last few years I have restricted my buying and reading to just (or mainly) the Waterloo campaign.
That way, I have been fortunate enough to be able to purchase just about every book available in English.

I just received Andrew Fields Grouchy and it looks very good indeed.
I am going to Order Hussey's Volume 1 today.

Alas I will be adding another to the list. This is dealing with the collected papers on Archibald Beck 1907-36 upon the Waterloo Campaign. So far 42 maps, 25 Tables, 20 OOBs etc…

He was the official cartographer for History of the First World War so has a wonderful eye. Much overlooked.
Stephen

@Summerfield.
That sounds interesting, I have both editions of his Waterloo books. It sounds like you have some new material