Praise for The Battle:This is not just the best book on Waterloo I've read, it's also one of the most original and stimulating works of military history I've come across in years.

-- Simon Shaw ? Mail on SundayA thoroughly readable, exciting account of a great clash of arm s ... Brilliant. -- Mark Adkin, author of ? The Waterloo CompanionPerhaps the most readable and original account for many years. -- John Childs, Professor of History, University of LeedsAlessandro Barbero's new book deserves to be read by anyone with an interest in warfare. -- Dr Gary Sheffield, King's College London Biografía del autor Alessandro Barbero is an Italian historian, novelist and essayist. He won the 1996 Strega Prize, for Bella vita e guerre altrui di Mr. Pyle gentiluomo. Barbero is the author of The Battle, an account of the Battle of Waterloo, The Day of the Barbarians, the story of the Battle of Adrianople, and Charlemagne. He writes for Il Sole 24 Ore and La Stampa, is the editor of Storia d'Europa e del Mediterraneo and regularly appears on television and radio. In 2005, the Republic of France awarded Barbero with the title of Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres.Allan Cameron was born in 1952, grew up in Nigeria and Bangladesh, and lived as a young adult in Italy. He has translated twenty-four books including The Anonymous Novel by Alessando Barbero. He lives in Glasgow.