Yves
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Français
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Il n'est pas une bataille, un événement historique qui n'ait suscité autant de rumeurs, d'analyses contradictoires, d'écrits savants ou anecdotiques, de légendes que le combat de Waterloo !
Les auteurs romantiques n'y sont pas étrangers, ayant largement contribué aux affabulations autour du gouffre du chemin creux, des mots de Cambronne, des fraises de Grouchy, des maladies de Napoléon, de la rencontre entre Blücher et Wellington,...
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Language
English
Description
No battle has generated more myths or more conflicting analyses than that of Waterloo
How worried were they in Brussels, dancing at the Duchess of Richmond's ball? What was Grouchy up to when he was needed? Was the French cavalry destroyed by a sunken road? Was the victory due to Napoleon's state of health on the day of the battle? Was he misled by a local guide? Was a French general murdered after being taken prisoner? Should we really see the...