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Waterloo: The History of Four Days, Three Armies, and Three Battles by Bernard Cornwell. I am about a third of the way through this book and would rate it excellent. Cornwell makes you feel like you are there observing the battle. He also takes care to explain terms and tactics for people who would not know their meanings. Five stars and highly recommended.
http://www.amazon.com/Waterloo-Histo...=waterloo+four
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I finished this last night and I rate it 5 stars. An excellent book on The Battle of Waterloo. If you want to know how it felt to be on the battlefield, to experience the horror and confusion then this is the book for you. Cornwell is great at explaining the military terms and tactics used at Waterloo, for those who have little understanding. An example is the Column used by Napoleonic Battalions during an assault.
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"There were 18,000 infantrymen marching in the four columns, and again it is worth remembering that 'column' is a misleading word. It suggests an elongated formation with the narrow end aimed like a spear at the enemy's line, while in truth it was much more like a brick advancing sideways.,"
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I highly recommend this book.
Apache