The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy 9781490945446 Books
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The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy 9781490945446 Books
Viewed from the point of view of someone living 100 years after the most decisive battle in European history, this novel by the great Hungarian-English writer provides someone of our age a further hundred years distant with a sense of the significance of this ghastly encounter.She barely sees it as those of 1815 understood it. We will never comprehend the real significance of this battle to Europeans and British of that time as democracy and News media emerged to dominate thew future of civilization as we now perceive it to be.
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The Bronze Eagle A Story of the Hundred Days Baroness Emmuska Orczy Orczy 9781490945446 Books Reviews
This is a full and lively account of Napoleon's return from his island exile to turn his Old Guard once more into his loyal cadre and wreak havoc on first, established order in France, then on the rest of Europe.
We see through the eyes of various people including a British soldier and the young woman he loves, as they are thrown into the turmoil of war. The ending is with Waterloo; I found this a memorable account of the battle and the human cost.
Because I am a horse person I will also note the equine cost. Cavalry, gun carriage horses and pack horses all suffered. Leaders rode large horses so as to be better seen and to have a mount with stamina. Wellington's favourite, bred in Ireland, was called Copenhagen after one of Nelson's naval victories. Napoleon's favourite mount was called Marengo after one of Napoleon's land battles.
The Bronze Eagle is written excellently from a Continental point of view because the author was Hungarian. She is best known for her 'Scarlet Pimpernel' books about the French Revolution. For a more British point of view I recommend reading 'An Infamous Army' by Georgette Heyer, who describes how the wealthy of Europe were entertaining at balls in Brussels mere days before Waterloo. There is also 'A Close Run Thing' about a soldier at the battle, by Allan Mallinson.
Viewed from the point of view of someone living 100 years after the most decisive battle in European history, this novel by the great Hungarian-English writer provides someone of our age a further hundred years distant with a sense of the significance of this ghastly encounter.
She barely sees it as those of 1815 understood it. We will never comprehend the real significance of this battle to Europeans and British of that time as democracy and News media emerged to dominate thew future of civilization as we now perceive it to be.
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