The Sage of Waterloo [Advance Uncorrected Manuscript]

12mo 7" - 7" tall; 224 pages; [Advance Uncorrected Manuscript] Smaller trade size paperback in plain white wraps with titles lettered to cover and spine in black. 224 pp. Superficial browser/reader crease to spine. Covers sharp and fresh. By appearance closer to the traditional Galley advance than the ususal Advance Reader format more commonly seen. VG++

From Publisher:

On June 17, 1815, the Duke of Wellington amassed his troops at Hougoumont, an ancient farmstead not far from Waterloo. The next day, the French attacked--the first shots of the Battle of Waterloo--sparking a brutal, day-long skirmish that left six thousand men either dead or wounded.

William is a white rabbit living at Hougoumont today. Under the tutelage of his mysterious and wise grandmother Old Lavender, William attunes himself to the echoes and ghosts of the battle, and through a series of adventures he comes to recognize how deeply what happened at Waterloo two hundred years before continues to reverberate. "Nature," as Old Lavender says, "never truly recovers from human cataclysms."

The Sage of Waterloo is a playful retelling of a key turning point in human history, full of vivid insights about Napoleon, Wellington, and the battle itself--and a slyly profound reflection on our place in the world.

Product Info

ISBN: 0393246914

ISBN-13: 9780393246919

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Year: 2015

Type: Used

Binding: Softcover

First Edition

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Country: United States