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Author:

Crane, David, 1942- author.

Title:

Went the day well? : witnessing Waterloo / David Crane.

Edition:

First United States edition.

Publisher:

Alfred A. Knopf,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

xviii, 366 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815--Personal narratives, British.
Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815--Social aspects.
War and society--England--History--19th century.
England--History, Military--19th century.
England--Social conditions--19th century.

Notes:

Originally published: London : William Collins, 2015. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The tiger is out -- Midnight. Belgium -- 1 a.m. Cut -- 2 a.m. Dance of death -- 3 a.m. A dying world -- 4 a.m. I wish it was fit -- 5 a.m. A trellis of roses -- 6 a.m. The "Billy Ruffian" -- 7 a.m. "Le Loup de Mer" -- 8 a.m. The 'article' -- 9 a.m. Carrot and stick -- 10 a.m. The sinews of war -- 11 a.m. The sabbath -- 12 noon. Ah, you don't Know Macdonell -- 1 p.m. Never such a period as this -- 2 p.m. Ha, ha -- 3 p.m. The walking dead -- 4 p.m. The finger of providence -- 5 p.m. Portraits, portraits, portraits -- 6 p.m. Vorwärts -- 7 p.m. Noblesse oblige -- 8 p.m. A mild contusion -- 9 p.m. Religionis causa -- 10 p.m. Clay men -- 11 p.m. An ordinary day -- The opening of the vials -- The days that are gone -- New battle lines -- Myth triumphant.

Summary:

"The panoramic story of Waterloo, from its causes to its aftermath, told through uniquely interwoven narratives drawn from the diaries, letters, reminiscences, and great novels of participants and witnesses--published in time for the 200th anniversary of the battle. With Bonaparte's escape from Elba in February 1815, the world was jolted from the profound peace it had experienced for eleven months back into the frenzied panic of a war it believed had ended. David Crane captures the mixture of excitement and fear that gripped England in the final days of a war that opened up complex divisions in its society--from Liverpool merchants who celebrated the end of hostilities with America and stood allied against another war, to the children of the Romantic Age who felt torn between their own patriotism and a lingering hero-worship that no crime of Napoleon's could eradicate. And he gives us an unprecedented, revelatory hour-by-hour account of the day of the battle. Focusing as much upon the boys and men torn from their farms and flocks as on the aristocratic families who provided Wellington with his officers, Went the Day Well? is a remarkable portrait of an entire nation engaged in a battle that changed the history of our world"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

0307594920
9780307594921

LCCN:

2014044143

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

VXPE964 -- Decorah Public Library (Decorah)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)