Sharpe's Waterloo (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #20)

Sharpe's Waterloo (Richard Sharpe's Adventure Series #20) by Bernard Cornwell:. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780002236430.

Bernard Cornwell. Sharpes Waterloo. Richard Sharpe and the Waterloo Campaign, 15 June to 18 June 1815. London: Collins, 1990. Octavo. 378 pages. June 1815: The Duke of Wellington, the Prince of Orange, and Napoleon will meet on the battlefield...and decide the fate of Europe With the emperor Napoleon at its head, and enormous French army is marching toward Brussels. The British and their allies are also converging on Brussels - in preparation for a grand society ball. And it is up to Richard Sharpe to convince the Prince of Orange, the inexperienced commander of Wellingtons Dutch troops, to act before it is too late. But Sharpes warning cannot stop the tide of battle, and the British suffer heavy losses on the road to Waterloo. Wellington has few reserves of men and ammunition; the Prussian army has not arrived, and the French advance wields tremendous firepower and determinaiton. Victory seems impossible...