Découvrez les secrets d'un pays qui se veut si discret...
⹠Des chefs révolutionnaires se cachant pendant que le petit peuple se battait.
⹠Un premier roi qu'on ne choisit pas et qui regretta toujours d'avoir accepté le trÎne.
⹠Un clergé à l'origine de la rupture entre Belges.
⹠Un second souverain considéré comme un tyran sanguinaire.
âą Ă chaque conflit, des soldats belges mal prĂ©parĂ©s envoyĂ©s Ă la mort par bĂȘtise.
⹠Des décÚs inexpliqués alors qu'ils concernent aussi bien des hommes politiques qu'un de nos rois.
âą Des actes de terrorisme impunis.
âą 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'Ăpinal 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 ?

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- Cover
- Title Page
- Introduction
- Waterloo, theatre of battles
- The forces present
- BlĂŒcher, âMarshal Forwardâ
- Did Napoleon try to negotiate with BlĂŒcher?
- Was Napoleon ill at Waterloo?
- Why the delay in starting the battle?
- Waterloo, Mont St Jean or Belle-Alliance?
- Where did BlĂŒcher and Wellington meet?
- Was âGod Save the Kingâ played for the English?
- The true story of the Belle-Alliance
- The so-called observatory of Napoleon
- The Duchess of Richmondâs Ball
- No dancing at Genappe
- Did they play cricket before the battle?
- Grouchyâs strawberries
- Soultâs fault? Or Berthierâs?
- Bourmontâs treachery
- Victor Hugoâs dismal plain
- Was the hollow road to Ohain a ravine for the French cavalry?
- The overflowing imagination of Chateaubriand
- The notorious word of Cambronne
- The losses at Waterloo
- The days after the battle
- The heroic death of Marie TĂȘte-de-Bois
- The last battle of a Sergeantess
- A boxing champion, killed in the battle
- A birth on the battlefield?
- The 300 Dead in the Hougoumont well
- A girl on the battlefield?
- The âinserterâ and the little drummer
- The two tombs in Hougoumontâs orchard
- Picton and his top hat
- Lord Uxbridgeâs fine leg
- Uxbridge had eloped with Wellingtonâs sister-in-law
- The shaky chĂąteau
- The imposing tomb of Major Stables
- The destiny of Napoleonâs horses (which were not white)
- Decoster, a cowardly guide?
- Only two French flags captured
- The Waterloo Despatch was signed in Brussels
- The peregrinations of the Emperorâs carriages
- The Genappe booty
- What became of the hat Napoleon wore at Waterloo?
- The best British prizes
- Was General Duhesme assassinated?
- The first war damages
- The principality of Waterloo
- Wellingtonâs endowment and annuity
- What became of Wellingtonâs tree?
- The Waterloo Lion was never inaugurated
- The Prince of Orangeâs wound
- The Mound and the LiĂšge basket carriers
- The Lion and the French cannon
- His paw on a globe or a cannonball?
- Is the Mound a tomb?
- The demolition of the Lion
- Is the Royal Chapel a temple to commemorate the battle?
- Braine v. Waterloo, the fourth battle?
- Surgeon Larrey nearly executed â because he resembled the Emperor
- The enigma of the Mont St Jean skeleton
- The incredible destiny of Basil Jackson
- Was the Rothschild fortune born at Waterloo?
- The death of Gordon
- Masonic solidarity in the battle
- Very different medals inspired by Waterloo
- Wellington contemplated defeat
- Was Waterloo a German victory?
- Did Napoleon recognise he had been defeated?
- The Emperorâs proclamation to the Belgians
- Napoleonâs daughter buried in Brussels?
- What if Napoleon had won at Waterloo?
- The mysterious marches of Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse
- How Waterloo went global
- Why such muted celebrations of the great anniversaries?
- Waterlooâs famous visitors
- Waterloo, birthplace of organised tourism
- A unique law for preserving the battlefield
- Yet more myths and tales
- Bibliography
- Other digital books from the Editions Jourdan
- Copyright
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