Wellington's smallest victory : the Duke, the model maker and the secret of Waterloo
Hofschroer, Peter2004
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William Siborne, a lieutenant in the British army and expert in topography, was comissioned to make a vast scale model of Waterloo. Peter Hofschröer tells the extraordinary and tragic tale of one man's obsession to build the greatest model of the greatest battle of all time.
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Imprint:
London : Faber, 2004.
Collation:
x, 324 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), facsims. (some col.), maps, ports. (some col.) ; 19 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Bibliography: p. 277-284.
ISBN:
05712176809780571217687
Dewey class:
941'.073'092355.48941.073092941.073
Language:
English
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BRN:
225264