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The Waterloo Companion: The Complete Guide to History’s Most Famous Land Battle: The Complete Guide to Historyâ€™s Most Famous Land Battle Hardcover – 1 Aug. 2001

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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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448 pages
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English
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Aurum Press Ltd
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1 Aug. 2001
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185410764X
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978-1854107640
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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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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aurum Press Ltd; 1st edition (1 Aug. 2001)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 448 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 185410764X
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1854107640

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BryBo

Waterloo all the facts.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 3 March 2006

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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.

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Geoff Haberfield

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2013

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The book did what it said it would do that is to provide the detailed information that the various accounts of Waterloo don't do. As such, it is not a page turner and I would recommend it to those who are interested in Wellington and Waterloo and have read various accounts of the battle and want to know the details behind the action. It treated all three contestants equally in the provision of information which leads me to my only criticism of the book and that is one appertaining to Mark Adkin's summaries of the various aspects of the battle in particular, D'Erlon's attack at the start of the battle and the Imperial Guard's attack at the end. He considers that D'Erlon's attack was very nearly a success. It wasn't, obviously. because Wellington's heavy cavalry put a stop to it, as they were always going to, so that French attack was never going to succeed. The author also summarised the IG's attack causing confusion in places in Wellington's infantry opening windows of opportunity. They couldn't have been windows of opportunity because as the author acknowledged, it required cavalry to take advantage and the French cavalry was a spent force. To summarise, the author was tempted a little into the game of 'what ifs' which in my opinion was a temptation too far. Never the less, the book is well worth the investment and dare I say, a necessary purchase for those seriously interested in Wellington and Waterloo.

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Alan Hankin

Poor packaging

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2021

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The books amazing and price was really good.
Sadly it wasn’t packaged well. Just a waterproof posting bag that was squeezed on.
No padding to protect the book at all. Damaged corners etc.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 October 2021

marvelous

very useful book with a full insight in and possibly the ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 19 November 2014

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Very, very useful book with a full insight in and possibly the highest detail possible about Waterloo. Easy to read and follow, with fantastic illustrations. Well worth getting. However, there is a problem with this book. There are serious errors, which occur every now and again. For example it describes the 7th French Hussars as wearing blue uniforms, with the illustrated picture of them depicting them in the correct Green and red uniform. These types of errors are fairly common, so anyone using this book for war gaming or essay purposes needs to be careful when reading through. Despite of this, the book itself is indispensable to anyone interested in Waterloo.

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Gianon

Somewhat over-rated

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 28 August 2013

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Somewhat over-rated:
Don't blow all your money on this book. Buy Barbero's The Battle combined with Haythornthwaite's Uniforms of Waterloo - and if you still want more information, only then buy a Waterloo Companion.
It claims to be `a comprehensive gathering together of information'. I was a little disappointed - the size and vastness of the text suggests that it is an exhaustive reference guide to the battle - but the text is often repetitive ( eg. the high-standing corn restricted vision...) , commonplace (I've read it elsewhere- heard it before) and heavy on unsubstantiated opinion. It also lacks foot-notes so we can only take the author's word for what he says - it also means it's impossible to find out where he got important pieces of information or to decide how reliable the source is.
However, I did find the diagrams, annotated photos, and charts useful. It also helped me find clearer and very detailed information about particular events in the battle like the Prussian advance and the repulse of D'Erlon's corps.
A very detailed reference book - but over-rated, over-priced and only for the Waterloo fanatic - or less discerning `wargamer'.

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Pen War

An Unequalled Masterpiece

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 April 2012

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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 guide to the Battle. In so doing, he supports his work with outstanding graphics and logical and clear accompanying maps. That he has taken time to study available sources is quite clear but he does not simply take those sources, primary or otherwise, at face value. His work is to be applauded; with all reviews it is important to determine if the author has brought something new to the table - Adkin certainly has done that, and he is to be warmly congratulated. This is the best Napoleonic book I have bought for some considerable time.

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Michael Norre

Waterloo explained

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2020

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A gem of a book concerning all aspects of this battle. Worth the money.

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