The Napoleonic Wars is one of my favorite historical subjects. I wonder if the French in general know more about Waterloo than the Brits.
Sure they do as they worship Napoleon, even thought they lost in it. Ironic that a Corsican pretending to be French would end up a hero there.
PLEASE refer me to a good book on the subject. I am beginning to think it is impossible to find a good one; the numerous wars and shifting alliances might make it just not possible.
Every Nap. war book I’ve ever read has lost me in the details by page 15, but I really want to know more about this subject.
Yours in groveling misery,
Lord Pubmlechook
There is an old joke about the Frenchman who applied to become a British citizen. It horrified his friends and they could not understand why.
When he was granted British Citizenship, he told his friends why...”Yesterday, Waterloo was a defeat. Today, it is a VICTORY!”
Mine too. I especially like the Battle of Borodin, the dress rehearsal for Napoleon's disastrous retreat from Russia, and the archetypal Pyrric victory.