Witnessing Waterloo: 24 Hours, 48 Lives, A World Forever Changed. David Crane

      

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      This eBook first published in Great Britain by William Collins in 2015

      First published in Great Britain as Went the Day Well? Witnessing Waterloo by William Collins in 2015

      Copyright © David Crane 2015

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      be identified as the author of this work

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      Cover image: Studies of Royal Horse Artillery Uniform, and of an A.D.C. to the Commander in Chief: a study for ‘The Battle of Waterloo’ (oil on board) by Jones, George (1786–1869), Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection, USA/Bridgeman Images.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007358366

      Ebook Edition © January 2015 ISBN: 9780007358373

      Version: 2015-11-27

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Epigraph

       Maps

       Prologue

       PART I

       The Tiger is Out

       Midnight: Belgium

       1 a.m.: Cut

       2 a.m.: Dance of Death

       3 a.m.: A Dying World

       4 a.m.: I Wish It Was Fit

       5 a.m.: A Trellis of Roses

       6 a.m.: The Billy Ruffian

       7 a.m.: Le Loup de Mer

       8 a.m.: The ‘Article’

       9 a.m.: Carrot and Stick

       10 a.m.: The Sinews of War

       11 a.m.: The Sabbath

       12 noon: Ah, You Don’t Know Macdonell

       1 p.m.: Never Such a Period as This

       2 p.m.: Ha, Ha

       3 p.m.: The Walking Dead

       4 p.m.: The Finger of Providence

       5 p.m.: Portraits, Portraits, Portraits

       6 p.m.: Vorwärts

       7 p.m.: Noblesse Oblige

       8 p.m.: A Mild Contusion

       9 p.m.: Religionis Causa

       10 p.m.: Clay Men

       11 p.m.: Went the Day Well?

       PART II

       The Opening of the Vials

       The Days That Are Gone

       New Battle Lines

       Myth Triumphant

       Notes on the Text

       Reference Notes

       Select Bibliography

       List of Illustrations

       Acknowledgements