{"product_id":"marshal-ney-at-quatre-bras-paul-l-dawson-9781526700711","title":"Marshal Ney at Quatre Bras: New Perspectives on the Opening Battle of the Waterloo Campaign","description":"Fought on 16 June 1815, two days before the Battle of Waterloo, the Battle of Quatre Bras has been described as a tactical Anglo-allied victory, but a French strategic victory. The French Marshal Ney was given command of the left wing of Napoleon's army and ordered to seize the vital crossroads at Quatre Bras, as the prelude to an advance on Brussels. The crossroads was of strategic importance because the side which controlled it could move southeastward along the Nivelles-Namur road. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYet the normally bold and dynamic Ney was uncharacteristically cautious. As a result, by the time he mounted a full-scale attack upon the Allied troops holding Quatre Bras, the Duke of Wellington had been able to concentrate enough strength to hold the crossroads. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNey's failure at Quatre Bras had disastrous consequences for Napoleon, whose divided army was not able to reunite in time to face Wellington at Waterloo. This revelatory study of the Waterloo campaign draws primarily on French archival sources, and previously unpublished French accounts, to present a balanced view of a battle normally seen only from the British or Anglo-Allied perspective.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul L. Dawson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1526700719\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781526700711\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Frontline Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.60d","brand":"Paul L. Dawson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44057041797375,"sku":"9781526700711","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c2a915aa-731d-4098-9ab3-160cc49b62f9.jpg?v=1685044690","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/marshal-ney-at-quatre-bras-paul-l-dawson-9781526700711","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}