If you buy one book to mark this Waterloo anniversary, buy this one—Gerard DeGroot, The Times

It is all here – and all told with the same verve, eye for anecdote and command of the material. This is a very good book, and a model of how narrative history should be written... anybody remotely interested in the battle should read—The Spectator

Invigorating and compelling—Daily Telegraph

I was gripped by the wealth of detail and humanity in the book... This is how the tales of battles should be told, whatever the time, place or outcome—Emily Mayhew, author of Wounded

A grim story – but well worth the telling—Saul David, Evening Standard

What is truly gripping is the human horror, and the realization that what counts in war is not glory or patriotism, but victory, supremacy and the uncompromising need to prevail—Roger Lewis, Daily Mail

Original and fascinating… If you buy one book to mark [the] anniversary [of Waterloo], buy this one—Washington Post

Original and fascinating… If you buy one book to mark [the] anniversary [of Waterloo], buy this one—Washington Post

O’Keeffe describes these fraught, uncertain days with skill and a touch for ground-level detail... [He] has told in vivid colors a story that is often passed over in most narratives, but that is alive with drama and human tragedy—New York Times

O’Keeffe has done a magnificent job tying up loose ends and telling a story that needed to be told—Good Book Guide