Philip Guedalla

Illustrated with 30 maps, portraits and diagrams of the Waterloo Campaign Philip Guedalla was a British barrister, nut he was better known as a popular historical and biographical writer. His subjects were many and varied, but he had a noted inclination toward European subjects and particularly the history of France. For this volume he chose as his subject the "Hundred Days" - the return of the Emperor Napoleon from exile on Elba to his defeat at...

A brilliant study of France and French military power through four generations. The careers of the two Marshalls span the years from Napoleon's downfall to Verdun and Vichy France.