Waterloo

202 pp. Includes 51 colour plates and over 300 monochrome illustrations. "...an authoritive and detailed study in wrods and pictures of one of history's most famous battles. ...the museums of five countries have provided paintings... which combine to give an hour-by-hour commentary on the unfolding of France's sombre tragedy. In addition to this rich pictorial portrait of the battle are full-colour paintings by Baron Louis de Beaufort, recreating in precise and authentic detail the unbelievable diversity of uniforms, colours and insignia of the armies that faced each other during those four fateful days in June 1815. Enhancing the word are nine maps, drawn by Jean-Claude Quennevat, which allow the layman as well as the historian to follow the development of the operations phase by phase and to understand the tactical motives of the belligerents."