![]() ![]() The book can stand on all of the points the author shows that can be backed up by figures etc. Dawson backs up his assertions with a lot, and I mean a lot, of facts and figures. This has been put forth in many written accounts of the battle. The author also questions if this army was one of the better ones that Napoleon commanded. There are many accounts and the author shows us that the French were just not ready to attack early. We have been taught it was because of the condition of the ground that morning. Another 'myth' the book tries to do away with is why the French attack was so delayed. The author shows more than just a few accounts that say the Old Guard was actually destroyed by the Prussians. We have been taught through word and screen that the Old Guard was destroyed by English troops. ![]() What makes this book different from so many others is that these accounts do not gel at all with the history as we have been told until now. ![]() This book is large at roughly 500 pages, and it is jam packed with first person accounts of the battle. Did General Cambronne say it, or did he utter "The Guard dies but never surrenders", or was he as this book says lying unconscious on the ground? To merde or not to merde, that is the question. ![]()
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