Book Review: The Longest Afternoon by Brendan Simms
[FULL DISCLOSURE: I received my copy of this book free from the author and/or publisher. I was not paid for this review and the opinion expressed is purely my own] There have been hundreds of books written about the battle of Waterloo in the last two centuries. Most acknowledge that the defense of the two farms at La Haye Saint and Hougemont were decisive in the allied victory. Curiously, to my knowledge there has not been a microhistory written of the actions in and around the farmhouse of La Haye Saint. Brendan Simms has rectified that era in his new work The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the … More after the Jump…