Letters from the Battle of Waterloo: Unpublished Correspondence by Allied Officers from the Siborne Papers - Hardcover

Glover, Gareth

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853675970 ISBN 13: 9781853675973

Publisher: Greenhill Books, 2004

Synopsis

Physical description; 352 p. : ill., maps, 1 port. ; 25 cm. Subjects; Siborne, William 1797-1849. - Correspondence. Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 - Personal narratives, British. Waterloo, Battle of, 1815 - Personal narratives, British. Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 - Personal narratives, British.

About this title

From the Author:

For many years I have wondered whether the unpublished Siborne files contained anything of importance. Having obtained copies of some of the files I soon realised that a veritable treasure trove of material was lying there, largely unavailable to anyone but the most serious student with many spare hours available to them. I have worked on these letters for hundreds of hours, meticulously transcribing some execrable writing at times! It has become a labour of love, although I'm not sure I would have ever started if I had realised how difficult this project was going to be to complete! However, the finished book is I am sure, a significant contribution to the sum of high quality information available to the student of the Waterloo campaign.

Synopsis:

Waterloo is probably the most famous battle in military history. Thousands of books have been written on the subject and yet so many mysteries remain, so much controversy abounds. Letters from the Battle of Waterloo, by presenting more than 200 previously unpublished accounts by Allied officers who fought at the battle, goes right back to primary source material. In the letters the Allied officers recount where they were and what they saw. Gareth Glover has provided background historical information but lets the officers speak for themselves as they reveal exactly what happened on the 16, 17 and 18 June 1815. Originally sent to, and at the request of, Captain W. Siborne, then in the process of building his famous model of the battle, these letters have remained unread in the Siborne papers in the British Library. A selection of material was published in Waterloo Letters in 1891 but much of vast historical significance did not see the light then and has remained inaccessible until now. Gareth Glover now presents this collection of important correspondence for the first time.

There are letters here by Major Baring, George Bowles, Edward Whinyates, John Gurwood and Edward Cotton as well as letters by Hanoverian and King's German Legion officers. This is a veritable treasure trove of new material on the battle and one which will mean that every historian's view of the battle will need correcting.

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenhill Books
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1853675970
• ISBN 13: 9781853675973
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352