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I'm still enjoying it. The tense shifts should have been dealt with by the editor. That's one of the (many, many, many) things that editors are particularly good at. I know it's always a problem for my own writing, even when I know better. But very hard to keep track of when you're in the throws of trying to meet a deadline.
In reading some other works, Marshall Ney is treated about in the middle here. Some want to put all the blame on Napoleon, some all on Ney. Cornwell seems to fall somewhere in the middle, blaming both. What is fairly clear is that had Ney done what Napoleon thought he was doing, the battle might have been very different.
I'm still listening to this on Audible, so I won't likely finish before we get into next month's book, but my intent is definitely to finish it. I knew a certain amount about the battle, and the history of both Wellesley and Napoleon, but only from reading peripheral things
Oh, and I second the tiddlywinks suggestion.
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