"? - THE WATERLOO ARCHIVE ATLAS" Topic

Any one read and is it worth adding to one's collection?
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THE WATERLOO ARCHIVE ATLAS
Author: Gareth Glover and Stephen Summerfield

Code: WA100

Price: £45.00 GBP

Catalogue(s): Trenton

Category(s): Featured, New Books, Our Publications, Napoleonic,

CELEBRATING GARETH GLOVER'S 100TH PUBLICATION! 220pp., 4to, illustrated throughout with colour maps & contemporary sketches, portraits etc. 2021. Now, when I say I am proud of publishing a book, this volume takes the comment to a new level. To celebrate Gareth's 100th publication, he and Stephen set to, to produce this simply overwhelming Waterloo Atlas of contemporary maps. At the core of the book are the 83 hand-drawn military field sketches of roads in the surrounding area by Wellington's Staff Corps prior to the Waterloo Campaign, all expertly enhanced in colour by Stephen. To these have been added any maps of the area produced prior to 1825 such as the work by Joseph Ferraris and also (redrawn) the famous Willem Craan map of 1816. Many other maps are included to fill out the wider campaign plus the rare plans of the major sieges by Colonel Sir James Carmichael Smyth. Still that is not all, the volume also includes the earliest views of the battlefield, those of William Stoney, Denis Dighton and James Rouse amongst others. The result is the most sumptuous carto-graphic study of the battle ever produced. "The Waterloo Archives: Atlas is a treasure trove of visual information on the 1815 Campaign. For the first time, the reader will be able see the terrain as it was two hundred years ago. It is truly a case of a picture being worth a thousand words! It is a must buy for those interested in the Waterloo Campaign." Robert Burnham for The Napoleon Series

Glover and Summerfield are two well-known military history authors, so sight-unseen I would have to say this would be a definite addition to one's Waterloo library. And Ken Trotman has done a ton of military history and wargaming publications over the years.

Jim

I've got a copy but I'm not allowed to see it until Christmas.

My order went in five minutes ago but the Christmas rule applies here too. Thanks indeed for highlighting this.

Indeed so has mine – usual Christmas embargo.

I received my copy, and it is a wonderful book. Won't spoil anything more for those awaiting to open the X-mas present ;-)

Many thanks Erwin,
You have truly whetted my appetite…..
Ian

Santa has not landed yet, but there is a strong hint that an elf may have dropped off a copy already….somewhere in the garage, maybe

Just when I thought I had enough Waterloo titles to last a lifetime! However, the price seems a bit steep for just 220 pages. I'll keep saying that for now or until someone asks me for any ideas for a Christmas present. LOL

I cannot improve on Robert Burnham's description of the contents in the opening post. I love this book. Many of the maps are of little relevance to the areas of fighting in Belgium, but are contemporary maps produced of the possible invasion and supply routes. Some of the city maps are difficult to interpret, as much detail had to be cramped into two pages (even though large pages). A few maps inevitably suffer from separation in the two page format. But this is as comprehensive a cartography and contemporary illustration as one could ever hope for.

Hi @ Erwin Muilwijk

- Please give spoilers of the book; I already have "Waterloo Logistics" from Summerfield/ Trotman….. I was only disappoined by one thing with that book > the size should have been bigger; the same as your own superbly designed series of books; big / spacious / comfortable to read.

Here's something related though not pertaining the book.

None of the posts, so far, has inspired me to fork out for another Waterloo title, tempted as I am. At the moment there are other titles I find more attractive as a possible next purchase, when funds allow. For example, I have Becke and Summerfield's book on Hanau 1813, which I have not yet read but looks packed with information and full of images, maps and uniforms, most of which are in colour. And Hanau 1813 has made me interested in another of their titles, Friedland 1807. So, the question is, do I need another Waterloo title? The answer, at the moment, is no, although, at the same time, I am tempted and it is on my to-buy list. But I have not heard or seen anything offered, as yet, to push it higher up my list.