{"product_id":"the-longest-afternoon-brendan-simms-9780465064823","title":"The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom the prizewinning author of \u003ci\u003eEurope\u003c\/i\u003e, a riveting account of the heroic Second Light Battalion, which held the line at Waterloo, defeating Napoleon and changing the course of history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1815, the deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and exhausted continent with yet another war. Near the small Belgian municipality of Waterloo, two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe-Napoleon's forces on one side, and the Duke of Wellington on the other. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With so much at stake, neither commander could have predicted that the battle would be decided by the Second Light Battalion, King's German Legion, which was given the deceptively simple task of defending the Haye Sainte farmhouse, a crucial crossroads on the way to Brussels. In \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Afternoon\u003c\/i\u003e, Brendan Simms captures the chaos of Waterloo in a minute-by-minute account that reveals how these 400-odd riflemen successfully beat back wave after wave of French infantry. The battalion suffered terrible casualties, but their fighting spirit and refusal to retreat ultimately decided the most influential battle in European history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brendan Simms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465064825\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465064823\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.80w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2015 pg. 116\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/16\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/17\/2015 pg. 34","brand":"Brendan Simms","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946643947775,"sku":"9780465064823","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_619aaa4d-8630-419b-b71d-1d46e28eb1ee.jpg?v=1681514314","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-longest-afternoon-brendan-simms-9780465064823","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}