{"product_id":"waterloo-june-18-1815-the-battle-for-modern-europe-9780060762155","title":"Waterloo: June 18, 1815: The Battle for Modern Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eJune 18, 1815, was one of the most momentous days in world history, marking the end of twenty-two years of French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. On the bloody battlefield of Waterloo, the Emperor Napoleon and his hastily formed legions clashed with the Anglo-Allied armies led by the Duke of Wellington -- the only time the two greatest military strategists of their age faced each other in combat.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith precision and elegance, Andrew Roberts sets the political, strategic, and historical scene, providing a breathtaking account of each successive stage of the battle while also examining new evidence that reveals exactly how Napoleon was defeated. Illuminating, authoritative, and engrossing, \u003cem\u003eWaterloo\u003c\/em\u003e is a masterful work of history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberts, Andrew:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAndrew Roberts is the author of \u003cem\u003eMasters and Commanders\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900.\u003c\/em\u003e His other books include \u003cem\u003eNapoleon and Wellington, Eminent Churchillians, \u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSalisbury, \u003c\/em\u003e which won the Wolfson History Prize. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he holds a PhD in history from Cambridge University and writes regularly for \u003cem\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Daily Beast.\u003c\/em\u003e He lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50555920318738,"sku":"9780060762155","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_760ad431-29f1-45e5-a858-4f1e1f8c7c8f.jpg?v=1737237205","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/waterloo-june-18-1815-the-battle-for-modern-europe-9780060762155","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}