Waterloo has a claim to be the most discussed battle of all time. It was the battle which finished the career of one of history's handful of indisputable military geniuses; it brought to a close a 20-year-old war; and it altered the destinies of the great powers for nearly 100 years. In 1815 the outcome of battles could still turn on the personalities and behaviour of individual men and this account is told through the words of Wellington's redcoats. With a colour plate section and over 100 paintings, prints and maps, this work studies the Battle of Waterloo and the men who fought in it.