| The Limits of Glory - A Novel of Waterloo
(1991)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Author |
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| Selling Price |
$9.99
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| Genre |
Fiction |
| Publication Date |
1991 |
| Format |
Hardcover
(250
mm)
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| Publisher |
Presidio Press |
| Language |
English |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket |
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| Plot |
| On a single Sunday afternoon in June 1815 the face of Europe was forever changed. On the ridgelines near Waterloo, Napoleon and Wellington maneuvered their armies for a final confrontation. It was a terrifying, but fascinating, panorama: columns of brightly bedecked French soldiers, muskets and bayonets at the ready, marching toward Mont St Jean, cavalry behind them lining up for the charge. The colorfully-uniformed allied defenders race to form squares, creating a dazzling checkerboard on the country side. The battle begins, a wild entanglement of men and horses - with the smoke of muskets, the maddening crash of artillery, the thunder of hooves, the clash of steel on steel, the screams of death from men and beast. It came down to this in the end: killing and dying, a systematic slaughter. More blood was spilled here on these small fields than in any comparable battle in history. |
| Personal Details |
| Dedication |
To my mother and father, Lucy and Gene McDonough |
| Condition |
Fine |
| Owner |
FamilyHistorySites |
| FHS ItemID |
20030019 |
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
PS3563.C3585L56 1991 |
| Dewey |
813.54 |
| ISBN |
0891413847 |
| Nr of Pages |
300 |
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