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I've recommended this before, but if you want a thrilling, literary take on the battle, read Victor Hugo's account from Les Miserables:

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/135/135-h/135-h.htm#link2H_4_...

That's the anonymous translation, which I liked just fine (there are modern ones), and can be bought for a buck or two just about anywhere. I'm guessing that Waterloo gets cut in a lot of abridgments, though.

My favorite extract - "the finest word, perhaps, that a Frenchman ever uttered":

http://coldewey.cc/post/19163335604/the-victor-of-waterloo-a...

parent devindotcom 11 years ago

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