Waterloo was the battle that ended for ever Napoleon's dreams of a European empire unified under his rule. Through judicious and skllful use of original source material, Christopher Hibbert creates furl-dimensional portraits of Napoleon and Wellington, of the French, English and Prussian armies, and a strategical, step-by-step reconstruction of the events that led up to the battle, and the battle itself.
Divided into three parts, the first studies Napoleon and his rise to power, the second describes Wellington and the allied armies, while the third reconstructs the battle of Waterloo. A final summary investigates the significance of the battle on world history.