The Waterloo Archive, Volume I: British Sources

by Gareth Glover

In the first groundbreaking volume of a new series, acclaimed Napoleonic scholar Gareth Glover brings together previously unpublished material relating to the Battle of Waterloo. The hitherto unseen British material contained in Volume I includes: a series of letters written by a senior officer on Wellington's Staff to Sir Thomas Graham immediately following the battle: The letters of a member of the Wedgewood family in the Guards at Waterloo: The journal of Sergeant Johnston of the Scots Greys, detailing all his experiences, including a very rare transcript of his own court martial!; letters from eminent surgeons including those of Hume, Davy and Haddy James, who served at Waterloo with their harrowing tales of the wounds suffered.In addition to these letters and journals, Vol I will include 21 original line drawings produced by Cavalie Mercer to accompany his famous book on his experiences at Waterloo but never previously published. Subsequent volumes will include French, German, Dutch and Belgian material which has never been translated into English before.REVIEWS A fine beginning to the series, this one belongs on every Waterloo bookshelf. Past in Review, 04/2010"

Genres: History, Collections

304 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2010

Reviews

[Owen · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the finest resources of first hand accounts from the Waterloo campaign. This series needs to be on the shelves of every Napoleonic researcher and enthusiast and I'm certainly looking forward to the subsequent volumes.