Journal of the Waterloo Campaign

Mercer’s journal is the most outstanding eyewitness account of the Waterloo campaign ever published. It is a classic of military history. This new, fully illustrated edition, featuring an extensive introduction and notes by Andrew Uffindell, one of the leading authorities on the Napoleonic Wars, contains a mass of additional material not included in the original. As the bicentenary of Waterloo approaches, this beautifully prepared, scholarly edition of Mercer’s work will be essential reading for anyone who wishes to know what it was really like to fight in the final, great battle against Napoleon.