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While many books have been published on Waterloo, none have rivalled this in either scale or authority. The text, based on Adkin’s fastidious research, including many days spent on the battlefield itself, does far more than simply narrate the events of 18 June 1815. The author provides as much analysis as he does description: plans are examined, commanders assessed and manoeuvres painstakingly related to the ground. Armies, weapons and tactics are comprehensively explored and evaluated. As with Adkin’s companions to the battles of Trafalgar and Gettysburg, the text focuses on myths and controversies surrounding the events, as well as elements often neglected in other narrative accounts –such as the performance of the French ‘Grand Battery’ or the Prussian attacks on Plancenoit. Divided into ten sections, The Waterloo Companion can be dipped into as a reference guide or read cover to cover. Featuring little-known information and first-hand accounts of those who fought at Waterloo, it also covers soldier and command structures, tactics and topographical details. Each section is put in context of the battle and enhanced by maps, plans, drawings and diagrams. The Waterloo Companion is an absolute must-have for any historian hoping to further their understanding of one of the world’s most famous land battles.
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Mark Adkin, a former army officer, is the author of The Waterloo Companion, The Trafalgar Companion and The Gettysburg Companion, all published by Aurum. He has also authored several other books on military history, including Goose Green, The Bear Trap and The Charge. He has also written the bestselling Sharpe Companion to accompany the TV series.
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
A well thought out and clear book that was excellent for someone like myself who has an interest in the battle but isn't an expert. The book gives some very clear photographs and diagrams which explain the flow of the battle very well which together with some good insights make this an enjoyable book to pick up and reread either from cover to cover or specific chapters.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This book is bigger and has more information than most Peninsular War or Napolionic books put together. It has all the facts that are unparalled and includes the myths like "Would Napoleon have won if he started the battle early" and so forth. The battle maps have been put on a modern level showing motorways and contours and in the 1815 level how it looked then both are excellent. The battle movements are also put in the 1815 map to make it easy to see where every body is. It has a blow by blow account of the battle in the most detail and shows the Infantry, Cavalry and Artillary moving around the battle zone. The photos are from the present battle field but also have the 1815 troop dispostitions superimposed on them which is very informative. You get an idea of what was going on and where. It also has great plates (16 in all), diagrams and army's personal equipment including the weapons and how to form infantry squares, Cavalry movements, helmets style and Artillary firing positions. The text boxes are very informative and a brilliant addition to the book.
This book could be used as a Napoleonic book in it's own right and you can never put it down.
Exciting to read and look over, informative and an excellent book to take with you to Waterloo.
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Like me, you may well shop on Amazon on a budget, adding your target books to favourites and waiting for a copy with a torn cover to come up for 50p. In other words, you want value. If that's the case you would hardly look at this book - £30 new and around £25 Used and New. My friend, if you are interested in Waterloo BLOW THE BUDGET ON THIS BOOK. Use the `Search Inside' facility on the Amazon website - it gives you a good idea of the clarity of the writing, the superb quality of the maps and the use of boxes in the text (almost extended footnotes) to record topics that would slow the narrative but provide good background detail.
There is a lot of information here on the armies, their organisation (which didn't interest me very much) and their battle tactics (which is superb). In fact, the actual coverage of the 18th June itself probably only takes up about half the book, but given that the whole thing is over 400 pages, who cares!
The sections on the battle are illustrated with lots of great pictures of the battlefield today, taken on foot and giving you a feel for gradients, lines-of-sight, etc. Of course, the ground around the crossroads has altered a lot but combined with the superb detailed maps you can take this into account. The text is clear and considering the number of Waterloo books there are, the thinking is quite original. The sections addressing controversies (the "what ifs?" is fascinating because the author so clearly `knows his stuff'.
I paid £45 for this book when it came out, have read it several times cover to cover, and use it for reference. I love David Haworth's book on Waterloo and Barberro tells a more conventional chronological account but if the house was on fire and I could only rescue one Waterloo book, this would be it.
There is a lot of information here on the armies, their organisation (which didn't interest me very much) and their battle tactics (which is superb). In fact, the actual coverage of the 18th June itself probably only takes up about half the book, but given that the whole thing is over 400 pages, who cares!
The sections on the battle are illustrated with lots of great pictures of the battlefield today, taken on foot and giving you a feel for gradients, lines-of-sight, etc. Of course, the ground around the crossroads has altered a lot but combined with the superb detailed maps you can take this into account. The text is clear and considering the number of Waterloo books there are, the thinking is quite original. The sections addressing controversies (the "what ifs?" is fascinating because the author so clearly `knows his stuff'.
I paid £45 for this book when it came out, have read it several times cover to cover, and use it for reference. I love David Haworth's book on Waterloo and Barberro tells a more conventional chronological account but if the house was on fire and I could only rescue one Waterloo book, this would be it.
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An Unequalled Masterpiece
Adkin's work on the well trodden Battle of Waterloo does what so many, highly acclaimed academics have failed to achieve, he provides something new and (as he claims) a complete... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Pen War
First Rate Book
Its very rare that you find a book so detailed and complete. Not only does this book give you details of the battlefield and its back ground but enables the reader to immerse... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Hexstall
A GUIDE, not a NOVEL
The best book about Waterloo I have seen, in terms of data and detail and graphics. However, remember it is not a novel and must be used in a different way.
Published 11 months ago by Ramon Menendez
Excellent for Detail
I bought this book for my partner as a gift for Christmas as he is very interested in learning about past wars and particularly the Battle of Waterloo. Read more
Published on 7 Jan 2010 by Millies Mum
Waterloo Companion
A companion book to Mark Adkin's "The Gettysburg Companion"...Both of these books are truly detailed, and highly reommended
Published on 17 Sep 2009 by Lance
Waterloo companion
A brilliant overview of the Battle of Waterloo.fantastic detail and wonderful maps and diagrams,minute by minute,all day. a must have if you want the truth of who really won. Read more
Published on 24 April 2009 by Samuel Olphert
Excellence
This book is just about as perfect as you can get on the subject. Not only does it give access to every aspect of the battle, but gives good background information to the events... Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2009 by S. Brotherton
Waterloo: Everything you need to know
Well almost everything. It's great value for money, even at the published price but internet shoppers will do much better. Read more
Published on 16 Nov 2008 by Wheel man
Superb
I've been reading about this battle and the Napoleonic Wars in general for 30 years, and yet this book has stunned me with the amount of material I didn't know and hadn't even... Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2008 by W. H. de Gale
Never Better
This really is a top class book, havent seen books like this for yrs, everything you want and wanted to know about the battle , people, terrain, uniforms, the lot all here, a... Read more
Published on 25 July 2008 by P. Dawson
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