The News from Waterloo: The Race to Tell Britain of Wellington .

Name: The News from Waterloo: The Race to Tell Britain of Wellington .
Brand: Faber & Faber

Faber & Faber

The News from Waterloo\nby Brian Cathcart\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nDelivery\nUsually delivered in 6\u20137 working days.\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Brian Cathcart\nTitle: The News from Waterloo\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Specific wars and campaigns\nPublisher: Faber & Faber\nEdition: Main\nISBN-13: 9780571315260\nISBN-10: 0571315267\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n\nThe Duke of Wellington''s victory over Napoleon in 1815 at Waterloo ensured British dominance for the rest of the nineteenth century. It took three days and two hours for word to travel from Belgium in a form that people could rely upon. \n\nThis is a tragi-comic midsummer''s tale that begins amidst terrible carnage and weaves through a world of politics and military convention, enterprise and roguery, frustrati.