David Guegan wrote:
I liked Barbero.
On the "Waterloo" front I got for Xmas the 2 volumes on Waterloo by John Hussey.
Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815. Volume I: From Elba to Ligny and Quatre Bras
Waterloo: The Campaign of 1815: Volume II - From Waterloo to the Restoration of Peace in Europe
They are waiting on my bed side table.
It should be a good and long read.
So I started reading it last week. I am disappointed. It started well but after a while I discovered that he was often citing works from 19th or early 20th century most of the time.
It is shaping his point of view with a very English bias that we used to see in older books. In a way I have the feeling that this book should have been published in 1920 maybe to feel fresh.
I'm at chapter 9 right now. I still like some of it but I don't really care for his opinion. At some point he was talking about the lack of documentation about logistic on the British side because they didn't think about preserving it. But then he went to wonder if the French, Austrian and Prussian did the same or not. I would have been an historian on that subject I would have tried to find out about it instead of just wondering.
The interaction between Wellington HQ and the Prussian is interesting. The history on what happens in Belgium from March until the beginning of the campaign is interesting.
But I am not sure I would recommend it now.