The Longest Afternoon (Audiobook)

from stephengoldenberg

I'm not usually interested in military history but this short book sounded intriguing - and it is. Brendan Simms has uncovered a wealth of detailed information (some of it recently discovered in German archives). This enables him to construct a seemingly impossibly detailed account of this vital ...

from jcbrunner

Hougoumont and La Haye Sainte were the compounds in the Belgian landscape that broke up Napoleon's attacks against Wellington's line at Waterloo. While the defense of Hougoumont has been told many times, the smaller but more important fight for La Haye Sainte has not received as much attention, p...

from GeoffHabiger

Probably like many Americans my understanding of the importance of the Battle of Waterloo probably came from a passing tidbit about the Duke of Wellington, the 1970 movie starring Rod Steiger and Christopher Plummer, and of course the ABBA song. We all know that Napoleon's fate, and attempt to ri...

from prichardson

Of all the books on Waterloo this is the very most detailed revolving around only one critical phase of the overall battle. A lovely little book full of detail and a very enjoyable read.