Men of Waterloo

London: Frederick Muller. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Very clean textured maroon cloth covered boards with bright gilt titling to the spine. (the covers have a couple of small marks, old thin lines of sellotape glue only, these may be able to be removed? ). In the original publisher's pictorial dustjacket. The dustjacket is NOT price-clipped and o/w is FINE. The top edge is red. The page fore-edges are a little 'dusty' and have some light foxing spots. NO Inscriptions or Marks. (xv) + 320 pp. Illustrated in b/w + 5 maps. Appendix; Note; Bibliography; General Index. Overall this is a Very Clean, Tight and Bright near 'Fine' copy of the FIRST EDITION. " In Men of Waterloo, John Sutherland tells the story of the hundred days that followed Napoleon's escape from Elba. In a manner matching the epic nature of its subject, this engrossing book traces the intrigue of Napoleon's escape, the landing at Cannes, the triumphal march to Paris, and the inevitable confrontation with the armed might of Europe - the battle against forces commanded by Wellington and Blucher, the rout, and the final banishment to St. Helena. Much more than a military or political history, this is a book about people: the men of the opposing armies, their women, their victories and defeats, their glories and their tragedies...... Wellington and Blucher organized what they thought would be an invasion of France, and the British officers and their wives (and mistresses) set up a carnival-like Brussels, .....finally the actual hour-by-hour details of the battle, from the first minor skirmishes on the morning of 15 June, through Quatre Bras and Ligny to the final rout at Waterloo three days later." ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .