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Went the Day Well?

Witnessing Waterloo

David Crane

Went the Day Well?

Went the Day Well?

Witnessing Waterloo

Went the Day Well?

 

A sweeping poltiical, social, military and cultural overview of the United Kingdom on the eve, and then the day of the battle of Waterloo, published in the year of its 200th anniversary. The author was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize for }Empires Of The Dead{

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Beschrijving Went the Day Well?

From Samuel Johnson Prize shortlisted author David Crane, this book is about the Britain that fought the battle of Waterloo - from pauper to painter, poet to prince, soldier to civilian.

ISBN
9780007358366
Pagina's
384
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NUR
680
Druk
1
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Hardback
Taal
Engels
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HarperCollins Publishers

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