Waterloo: The Last Battle

The famous and history-defining Battle of Waterloo: the background, build-up, the protagonists, men in each army, the result.

Interesting and edifying. Doesn't just detail the battle itself but the lead-up to it: the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon's defeat, exile, escape and re-ascendance, Wellington's history, the coalition formed against Napoleon, Napoleon's strategy and the manoeuvring of the armies, French, British and Prussian, before Waterloo.

We meet some of the everyday soldiers in both camps, how they came to be there, their part in the battle and subsequent history. Even the battle is presented as a chess-like game between Napoleon and Wellington, to add engagement.

Decent array of historians who add some good insights.