Waterloo Busting the Myths
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Waterloo Busting the Myths

History essay

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Waterloo Busting the Myths

History essay

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 Découvrez les secrets d'un pays qui se veut si discret...

‱ Des chefs rĂ©volutionnaires se cachant pendant que le petit peuple se battait.

‱ Un premier roi qu'on ne choisit pas et qui regretta toujours d'avoir acceptĂ© le trĂŽne.

‱ Un clergĂ© Ă  l'origine de la rupture entre Belges.

‱ Un second souverain considĂ©rĂ© comme un tyran sanguinaire.

‱ À chaque conflit, des soldats belges mal prĂ©parĂ©s envoyĂ©s Ă  la mort par bĂȘtise.

‱ Des dĂ©cĂšs inexpliquĂ©s alors qu'ils concernent aussi bien des hommes politiques qu'un de nos rois.

‱ Des actes de terrorisme impunis.

‱ Comme Ă  Palerme ou Ă  Marseille, un journaliste et un vĂ©tĂ©rinaire assassinĂ©s pour une enquĂȘte...

Vous verrez, Ă  la lecture de ces pages, que nombre d'Ă©vĂ©nements qui jalonnent le passĂ© des Belges mettent Ă  mal l'image d'Épinal d'un pays que l'on prĂ©sente toujours comme profondĂ©ment paisible. Pendant des annĂ©es, nous avons ignorĂ©, ou feint d'ignorer, que ce pays au ciel si gris pouvait aussi cacher de si sombres histoires.

Le premier livre qui rassemble, pour un large public, les principaux faits qui, depuis 1830, font tache dans l'Histoire du Royaume de Belgique

A PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR :

Alain Libert, ancien professeur d'Histoire, nous livre ici un travail de plusieurs années et la compilation de centaines d'heures de lecture de documents de toutes origines.

EXTRAIT :

J'ai la chance de vivre dans un petit pays merveilleux oĂč rĂšgne la dĂ©mocratie ! Cette dĂ©mocratie dont Winston Churchill disait qu'elle est le pire des rĂ©gimes, Ă  l'exception de tous les autres.

Notre planÚte, sous bien des aspects, est superbe et les gens y sont majoritairement gentils. Partout, j'ai rencontré des personnes intéressantes et appris beaucoup à leur contact.

OĂč que j'aille, j'ai toujours aimĂ© revenir goĂ»ter Ă  nos Ă©tĂ©s pluvieux, Ă  la brume de l'automne sur les Fagnes. Quel que soit le plat que j'aie dĂ©gustĂ©, j'ai toujours adorĂ© rentrer pour manger un de nos dĂ©licieux « boulets-frites » agrĂ©mentĂ©s d'une de nos biĂšres. J'ai adorĂ© des villes un peu partout, mais rien ne vaut une promenade sur les bords de la Meuse, que ce soit Ă  LiĂšge ou Ă  Namur, dĂ©ambuler sur la Grand-Place le soir, ou encore avancer en se faisant fouetter par le vent de la digue Ă  Ostende.

Et puis, quelle fiertĂ©, depuis que je suis tout petit, de moucher nos voisins français en leur rappelant que le mĂ©tro comme le moteur Ă  explosion ou les jardins de Versailles n'existent que grĂące Ă  nous. Quel plaisir de leur rappeler que le plus grand chanteur dans la langue qui est la leur (selon certains nous parlerions mal), est de chez nous et est nĂ© Ă  Schaerbeek, un nom imprononçable pour eux. Et que mĂȘme Johnny ou encore la reine Christine, c'est tout pareil, c'est de chez nous, comme Poelvoorde, Geluck, Merckx, Brueghel. Avec des noms comme ça, d'oĂč voulez-vous qu'ils fussent aussi ?

Information

Year
2015
Topic
History
eBook ISBN
9782390090908

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Introduction
  4. Waterloo, theatre of battles
  5. The forces present
  6. BlĂŒcher, ‘Marshal Forward’
  7. Did Napoleon try to negotiate with BlĂŒcher?
  8. Was Napoleon ill at Waterloo?
  9. Why the delay in starting the battle?
  10. Waterloo, Mont St Jean or Belle-Alliance?
  11. Where did BlĂŒcher and Wellington meet?
  12. Was ‘God Save the King’ played for the English?
  13. The true story of the Belle-Alliance
  14. The so-called observatory of Napoleon
  15. The Duchess of Richmond’s Ball
  16. No dancing at Genappe
  17. Did they play cricket before the battle?
  18. Grouchy’s strawberries
  19. Soult’s fault? Or Berthier’s?
  20. Bourmont’s treachery
  21. Victor Hugo’s dismal plain
  22. Was the hollow road to Ohain a ravine for the French cavalry?
  23. The overflowing imagination of Chateaubriand
  24. The notorious word of Cambronne
  25. The losses at Waterloo
  26. The days after the battle
  27. The heroic death of Marie TĂȘte-de-Bois
  28. The last battle of a Sergeantess
  29. A boxing champion, killed in the battle
  30. A birth on the battlefield?
  31. The 300 Dead in the Hougoumont well
  32. A girl on the battlefield?
  33. The ‘inserter’ and the little drummer
  34. The two tombs in Hougoumont’s orchard
  35. Picton and his top hat
  36. Lord Uxbridge’s fine leg
  37. Uxbridge had eloped with Wellington’s sister-in-law
  38. The shaky chĂąteau
  39. The imposing tomb of Major Stables
  40. The destiny of Napoleon’s horses (which were not white)
  41. Decoster, a cowardly guide?
  42. Only two French flags captured
  43. The Waterloo Despatch was signed in Brussels
  44. The peregrinations of the Emperor’s carriages
  45. The Genappe booty
  46. What became of the hat Napoleon wore at Waterloo?
  47. The best British prizes
  48. Was General Duhesme assassinated?
  49. The first war damages
  50. The principality of Waterloo
  51. Wellington’s endowment and annuity
  52. What became of Wellington’s tree?
  53. The Waterloo Lion was never inaugurated
  54. The Prince of Orange’s wound
  55. The Mound and the LiĂšge basket carriers
  56. The Lion and the French cannon
  57. His paw on a globe or a cannonball?
  58. Is the Mound a tomb?
  59. The demolition of the Lion
  60. Is the Royal Chapel a temple to commemorate the battle?
  61. Braine v. Waterloo, the fourth battle?
  62. Surgeon Larrey nearly executed – because he resembled the Emperor
  63. The enigma of the Mont St Jean skeleton
  64. The incredible destiny of Basil Jackson
  65. Was the Rothschild fortune born at Waterloo?
  66. The death of Gordon
  67. Masonic solidarity in the battle
  68. Very different medals inspired by Waterloo
  69. Wellington contemplated defeat
  70. Was Waterloo a German victory?
  71. Did Napoleon recognise he had been defeated?
  72. The Emperor’s proclamation to the Belgians
  73. Napoleon’s daughter buried in Brussels?
  74. What if Napoleon had won at Waterloo?
  75. The mysterious marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse
  76. How Waterloo went global
  77. Why such muted celebrations of the great anniversaries?
  78. Waterloo’s famous visitors
  79. Waterloo, birthplace of organised tourism
  80. A unique law for preserving the battlefield
  81. Yet more myths and tales
  82. Bibliography
  83. Other digital books from the Editions Jourdan
  84. Copyright

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