Napoleon's Hundred Days

Published by Frederick Warne and Company Inc, New York / London, 1969

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Dust jacket complete except price clipped, small chunk missing from front. Original cloth boards with bright black titling on spine. Previous owner's book plate on f. paste down. 96 pages clean and tight. The story of Napoleon's escape from Elba, his perilous journey through France and final bid for European domination at Waterloo, is one of the most dramatic of all time. Arriving from Elba with a mere handful of soldiers, Napoleon landed in a country that had apparently forgotten him, a country whose people had recently driven' him into exile with cries of hatred. Yet by a strange mixture of authentic genius, courage, bombast, lies and personal magnetism, he was able to rally almost the entire country to his cause. Wellington and Blucher, his opponents at Waterloo, were slow to believe in the danger represented by his return to Paris and, as Wellington was to admit later, the battle itself was "the nearest run thing you ever saw in your life". Patrick Pringle tells the story with fairness to both sides, showing how both took great risks and at times made appalling blunders. He also stresses the difficulty of arriving at a true account of exactly how Waterloo was fought owing to the endless, conflicting stories put out by Napoleon and others who took part in the battle. Size: 8vo.

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Title
Napoleon's Hundred Days
Author
PATRICK PRINGLE
Publisher
Frederick Warne and Company Inc, New York / London
Publication year
1969
Condition
Very Good
Dust jacket
Very Good
Binding
Hard Cover
Illustrator
Sheila Bewley

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Charles Bossom, 9 LODE WAY, HADDENHAM, ELY, CB6 3UL charles.bossom@googlemail.com Charles Bossom has worked in the Book Trade since 1963, commencing at WH Smith Oxford and retiring in 1999 as Regional Manager Central England. The Charles Bossom bookselling business was started in early 2000. hhtp://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesbossom

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