How the French Won Waterloo
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Published in the 200th Anniversary year of the Battle of Waterloo a
witty look at how the French still think they won, by Stephen
Clarke, author of 1000 Years of Annoying the French and A Year in
the Merde. Two centuries after the Battle of Waterloo, the French
are still in denial. If Napoleon lost on 18 June 1815 (and that's a
big 'if'), then whoever rules the universe got it wrong. As soon as
the cannons stopped firing, French historians began re-writing
history. The Duke of Wellington was beaten, they say, and then the
Prussians jumped into the boxing ring, breaking all the rules of
battle. In essence, the French cannot bear the idea that Napoleon,
their greatest-ever national hero, was in any way a loser.
Especially not against the traditional enemy – les Anglais. Stephen
Clarke has studied the French version of Waterloo, as told by
battle veterans, novelists, historians – right up to today's
politicians, and he has uncovered a story of pain, patriotism and
sheer perversion.
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